The U/Pb ratio of the Earth's mantle-A signature of late volatile addition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 362, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-245

  Ballhaus, Chris ^a   Laurenz, Vera ^a   Münker, Carsten ^b   Fonseca, Raúl O C ^a   Albarède, Francis ^c   Rohrbach, Arno ^d,e   Lagos, Markus ^f   Schmidt, Max W ^d   Jochum, Klaus Peter ^g   Stoll, Brigitte ^g   Weis, Ulrike ^g   Helmy, Hassan M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Core formation; Earth's accretion; Late addition; U Pb; Volatile elements

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CORE FORMATION; EARLY EARTH; EARTH'S ACCRETION; EARTH'S CORE; EARTH'S MANTLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LATE ADDITION; METALLIC CORES; METALLIC IRON; PB ISOTOPES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SIDEROPHILE; SILICATE MANTLES; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

ISOTOPES; SILICATES;

LEAD;

ACCRETION; CORE (PLANETARY); ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 84872593036     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.11.049     Document Type: Article

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