Silicon isotope variations in the inner solar system: Implications for planetary formation, differentiation and composition

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-83

  Zambardi, Thomas ^a,b   Poitrasson, Franck ^a   Corgne, Alexandre ^a,c   Méheut, Merlin ^a   Quitté, Ghylaine ^d   Anand, Mahesh ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOON; PLASMA; SILICON; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84883525871     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.040     Document Type: Article

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