Rubidium isotopes in primitive chondrites: Constraints on Earth's volatile element depletion and lead isotope evolution

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 305, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 309-316

  Nebel, O ^a   Mezger, K ^b,c   van Westrenen, W ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Core formation; Meteorites; Pb isotope evolution; Rubidium isotopes; Volatile depletion

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; CHONDRITE METEORITES; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; CORE FORMATION; CORE-MANTLE; HEAT-DRIVEN; HIGH-PRECISION; IN-LINE; ISOTOPE ABUNDANCE; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE-RATIO MEASUREMENTS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOON-FORMING GIANT IMPACT; PB ISOTOPES; SINGLE STAGE; SMALL BODIES; SOLAR ABUNDANCES; SOLAR NEBULA; TERRESTRIAL ACCRETION; VOLATILE DEPLETION; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

ASTRONOMY; BLIND SOURCE SEPARATION; CONDENSATION; EARTH (PLANET); EVAPORATION; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LEAD; METEORITES; MOON; RUBIDIUM; SILICATES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 79955124871     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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