Evidence for multiple magma ocean outgassing and atmospheric loss episodes from mantle noble gases

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 393, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-265

  Tucker, Jonathan M ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Giant impact; Magma ocean; Noble gases; Terrestrial volatiles

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; GIANT IMPACT; MAGMA OCEAN; MOON-FORMING GIANT IMPACT; NEBULAR ATMOSPHERES; TERRESTRIAL ACCRETION; TERRESTRIAL VOLATILES;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INERT GASES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRACTIONATION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IMPACT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEON; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

EID: 84897852713     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.050     Document Type: Article

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