Non-chondritic Sm/Nd ratio in the terrestrial planets: Consequences for the geochemical evolution of the mantle-crust system

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3333-3349

  Caro, Guillaume ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM; NOBLE GAS; SAMARIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 77952290631     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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