Abyssal peridotites reveal the near-chondritic Fe isotopic composition of the Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 365, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-76

  Craddock, Paul R ^a   Warren, Jessica M ^b   Dauphas, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotite; Chondritic; Iron; Isotope; Mantle

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; ANALYTICAL PRECISION; ASTEROID VESTAS; CHONDRITIC; CONTINENTAL BASALTS; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CORE-MANTLE; DISPROPORTIONATIONS; IRON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; ISOTOPIC MEASUREMENT; MANTLE; MANTLE MELTING; MOON-FORMING GIANT IMPACT; SEA FLOOR; SILICATE MANTLES;

ASTEROIDS; BASALT; IRON; MELTING; METEORITES; PEROVSKITE; SILICATES;

ISOTOPES;

BASALT; CHONDRITE; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; METEORITE; PERIDOTITE;

EID: 84874393712     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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