Hf-W-Th evidence for rapid growth of Mars and its status as a planetary embryo

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7348, 2011, Pages 489-492

  Dauphas, N ^a   Pourmand, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; HAFNIUM 182; LUTETIUM; THORIUM; TUNGSTEN 182; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

CHONDRITE; DISSIPATION; MAGMA; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; REMOBILIZATION; SHERGOTTITE; SOLAR SYSTEM; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANETARY EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 79957620826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10077     Document Type: Article

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