The chlorine abundance of Earth: Implications for a habitable planet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 369-370, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-77

  Sharp, Z D ^a   Draper, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Cl; Core composition; Earth composition; Meteorite; Planetary formation

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE ABUNDANCE; COLLISIONAL EROSION; CONDENSATION TEMPERATURE; CORE COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL RESERVOIRS; EQUILIBRATION EXPERIMENTS; PLANETARY FORMATION; SOLAR ABUNDANCES;

BROMINE; EARTH (PLANET); IODINE; METEORITES; SILICATES;

CHLORINE;

ACCRETION; CHLORINE; CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; HALOGEN; METAL; METEORITE; SALINITY; SILICATE;

EID: 84878200689     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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