Germanium chemistry and MC-ICPMS isotopic measurements of Fe-Ni, Zn alloys and silicate matrices: Insights into deep Earth processes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 334, Issue , 2012, Pages 295-311

  Luais, Béatrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

BIFs; Core mantle; Ge isotopes; Germanium; Iron meteorites; Silicate earth

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NITRIC ACID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC SULFIDE;

BANDED IRON FORMATIONS; BIFS; CATIONIC EXCHANGE RESINS; CORE-MANTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; IRON METEORITES; PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATION; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GERMANIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; SILICATE; TRACER;

EID: 84868688924     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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