Isotope fractionation in silicate melts by thermal diffusion

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7287, 2010, Pages 396-400

  Huang, F ^a,d   Chakraborty, P ^a   Lundstrom, C C ^a   Holmden, C ^b   Glessner, J J G ^a   Kieffer, S W ^a   Lesher, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DNA; IRON; ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; SILICATE;

CALCIUM; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949725624     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08840     Document Type: Article

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