The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth's atmosphere

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7375, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Trail, Dustin ^a,b   Watson, E Bruce ^a,b   Tailby, Nicholas D ^a,b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CERIUM; HYDROGEN; LANTHANUM; MAGNETITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRASEODYMIUM; SULFUR; ZIRCONIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; OXIDE; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUARTZ; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HADEAN MAGMA; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATMOSPHERE; EARTH (PLANET); OXIDATION-REDUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 82555195564     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10655     Document Type: Article

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