Isotopic fractionation of zinc in tektites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 482-489

  Moynier, Frederic ^a,b   Beck, Pierre ^c   Jourdan, Fred ^d   Yin, Qing Zhu ^b   Reimold, Uwe ^e   Koeberl, Christian ^f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

diffusion; evaporation; MC ICP MS; stable Isotope fractionation; Tektites; Zn Isotopes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; EARTH'S SURFACES; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES; EUROPEANS; EVAPORATION PROCESSES; FRACTIONATE ISOTOPES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HYPERVELOCITY; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACTS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MC-ICP-MS; MOLTEN SURFACES; NATURAL GLASSES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATIONS; REALISTIC MODELS; SOURCE ROCKS; STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; TEKTITES; VELOCITY FIELDS; VISCOUS COUPLINGS; VOLATILE ELEMENTS; VOLATILE SPECIES; WATER LOSSES; ZN ISOTOPES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DISTILLATION; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MOISTURE; SPHERES; VAPORS;

ZINC;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIFFUSION; EARTH STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; SOURCE ROCK; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEKTITE; VOLATILIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 58149474801     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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