Silicon isotopic variation in enstatite meteorites: Clues to their origin and Earth-forming material

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 361, Issue , 2013, Pages 487-496

  Savage, Paul S ^a   Moynier, Frédéric ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Enstatite chondrites; Metal silicate fractionation; Refractory lithophile elements; Silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

BULK MEASUREMENT; CORE FORMATION; ENSTATITE CHONDRITES; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; ISOTOPE SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; KAMACITE; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; MACRO SCALE; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; METAL PHASE; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PRIMITIVE METEORITES; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SI CONTENT; SI ISOTOPES; SILICON ISOTOPES; SOLAR NEBULA;

ISOTOPES; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; REFRACTORY METALS; SILICATES; SILICON; SOLAR SYSTEM;

METEORITES;

CHLADNITE; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; METEORITE; SILICON; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84872290525     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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