The tungsten isotopic composition of Eoarchean rocks: Implications for early silicate differentiation and core-mantle interaction on Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 189-200

  Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Nakai, Shun'ichi ^a   Sahoo, Yu Vin ^a   Takamasa, Asako ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^c   Maruyama, Shigenori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acasta; Hadean; Itsaq; late heavy bombardment; magma ocean; Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERRORS; CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS; CORE-MANTLE INTERACTION; EARTH MODELS; GNEISS COMPLEXES; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPE SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; LOWERMOST MANTLE; MAGMA OCEAN; ND ISOTOPES; ORTHOGNEISSES; TERRESTRIAL ROCKS; TONALITE; UPPER MANTLE; W-VALUE;

ASTRONOMY; COMPLEXATION; EARTH (PLANET); FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TUNGSTEN;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ARCHEAN; CHONDRITE; HADEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CONVECTION; METABASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; TONALITE; TUNGSTEN;

ACASTA;

EID: 75949126743     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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