Highly siderophile elements in Earthâ(tm) s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact

Nature

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-87

  Jacobson, Seth A ^a,b   Morbidelli, Alessandro ^a   Raymond, Sean N ^c,d   O'Brien, David P ^e   Walsh, Kevin J ^f   Rubie, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT;

CONDENSATION; CORE (PLANETARY); GEOCHEMISTRY; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; MASS; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84897521757     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13172     Document Type: Article

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