Evidence against a chondritic Earth

Nature

Volumn 483, Issue 7391, 2012, Pages 553-558

  Campbell, Ian H ^a   St C O'Neill, Hugh ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

CHONDRITE; COLLISION ZONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE PLUME; METEORITE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SILICATE;

ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84859174719     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10901     Document Type: Review

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