Compositional Model for the Earth's Core

Treatise on Geochemistry: Second Edition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 559-577

  McDonough, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Cosmoschemistry; First order geophysics; Major elements; Minor elements; Radioactive elements; The core

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CALCULATIONS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETISM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SILICATES;

CORE FORMATION; COSMOSCHEMISTRY; FIRST ORDER; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MINOR ELEMENTS; THE CORE;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 84903801218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-095975-7.00215-1     Document Type: Chapter

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