The Earth's tungsten budget during mantle melting and crust formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2119-2136

  Konig S ^a,b   Munker C ^b   Hohl, S ^a   Paulick, H ^a   Barth, A R ^a,b   Lagos, M ^c   Pfander J ^d   Buchl A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; SILICATE MELT; TRACE ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 79952739454     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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