Early differentiation and volatile accretion recorded in deep-mantle neon and xenon

Nature

Volumn 486, Issue 7401, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; IODINE 129; ISOTOPE; NEODYMIUM; NEON; XENON;

ACCRETION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE PLUME; NEON; NOBLE GAS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOLAR SYSTEM; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; XENON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; ICELAND; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861945500     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11141     Document Type: Article

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