Copper stable isotopes as tracers of metal-sulphide segregation and fractional crystallisation processes on iron meteorite parent bodies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3166-3178

  Williams, Helen M ^a   Archer, Corey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CORRELATION; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PARENT BODY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; TRACER; TROILITE;

EID: 79955475577     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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