Isotopic evidence of Cr partitioning into Earth's core

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6023, 2011, Pages 1417-1420

  Moynier, Frederic ^a,b   Yin, Qing Zhu ^a   Schauble, Edwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; ISOTOPE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; CORE (PLANETARY); ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA; PARTITIONING; SILICATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VOLATILIZATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; EARTHQUAKE; FRACTIONATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 79952814420     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199597     Document Type: Article

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