A model for osmium isotopic evolution of metallic solids at the core-mantle boundary

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Humayun, Munir ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLIUM; IRON OXIDES; LEAD; LIQUID METALS; METALS; OSMIUM; OXYGEN; PARAFFIN WAXES; PILES; PLATINUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; TUNGSTEN;

CORE FORMATION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FE/MN RATIO; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIGHT ELEMENTS; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE REGION; MATRIX; METALLIC LIQUID; METALLIC SOLIDS; NEW MODEL; NI CONTENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PB ISOTOPES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; RESIDUAL LIQUID; SOLID METALS; THERMO-MECHANICAL; W ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; METAL; MODELING; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; OUTER CORE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

GORGONA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; ITALY; KARELIA [(ADS) RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; KOSTOMUKSHA; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TUSCANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953236545     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003281     Document Type: Article

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