Geo-neutrinos and silicate earth enrichment of U and Th

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Dye, S T ^a,b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondritic meteorite; Depleted mantle composition; Geo neutrino; Heat production

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; CHONDRITIC METEORITES; CORE FORMATION; GEO-NEUTRINO; GEO-NEUTRINOS; GLOBAL DYNAMICS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT-PRODUCING ELEMENTS; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; MANTLE COMPOSITION; RADIOGENIC HEAT; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HISTORY; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; METEORITES; SILICATES;

EARTH (PLANET);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; ENRICHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; HEAT PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POTASSIUM; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 77956011839     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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