Silicon isotopes in the inner Solar System: Implications for core formation, solar nebular processes and partial melting

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6921-6933

  Chakrabarti, Ramananda ^a   Jacobsen, Stein B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MARS; METEORITE; PARTIAL MELTING; SILICON; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 78049384820     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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