Silicon isotopes in meteorites and planetary core formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3662-3676

  Armytage, R M G ^a   Georg, R B ^a,b   Savage, P S ^a   Williams, H M ^a   Halliday, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; CORE (PLANETARY); ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PARTITIONING; SILICON;

EID: 79957815818     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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