Partial radiogenic heat model for Earth revealed by geoneutrino measurements

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 647-651

  Gando, A ^a   Gando, Y ^a   Ichimura, K ^a   Ikeda, H ^a   Inoue, K ^a,b   Kibe, Y ^a   Kishimoto, Y ^a   Koga, M ^a,b   Minekawa, Y ^a   Mitsui, T ^a   Morikawa, T ^a   Nagai, N ^a   Nakajima, K ^a,b   Nakamura, K ^a   Narita, K ^a   Shimizu, I ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Shirai, J ^a   Suekane, F ^a   Suzuki, A ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Takahashi, N ^a   Takemoto, Y ^a   Tamae, K ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Xu, B D ^a   Yabumoto, H ^a   Yoshida, H ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Enomoto, S ^b   Kozlov, A ^b   Murayama, H ^b,c   Grant, C ^d   Keefer, G ^d   Piepke, A ^b,d   Banks, T I ^c   Bloxham, T ^c   Detwiler, J A ^c   Freedman, S J ^b,c   Fujikawa, B K ^b,c   Han, K ^c   Kadel, R ^c   O'Donnell, T ^c   Steiner, H M ^c   Dwyer, D A ^e   McKeown, R D ^e   Zhang, C ^e   Berger, B E ^f   Lane, C E ^g   Maricic, J ^g   Miletic, T ^g   Batygov, M ^h   Learned, J G ^h   Matsuno, S ^h   Sakai, M ^h   Horton Smith, G A ^b,i   Downum, K E ^j   Gratta, G ^j   Tolich, K ^j   Efremenko, Y ^b,k   Perevozchikov, O ^k   Karwowski, H J ^l,m   Markoff, D M ^l,m   Tornow, W ^l,m   Heeger, K M ^b,n   Decowski, M P ^b,o   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^l TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

^m DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^o NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT SOURCE; POTASSIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

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EID: 80052338035     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1205     Document Type: Article

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