Early episodes of high-pressure core formation preserved in plume mantle

Colin R. M. Jackson (), Neil R. Bennett, Zhixue Du, Elizabeth Cottrell and Yingwei Fei
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Colin R. M. Jackson: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Neil R. Bennett: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Zhixue Du: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Elizabeth Cottrell: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Yingwei Fei: Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington

Nature, 2018, vol. 553, issue 7689, 491-495

Abstract: Xenon isotopic anomalies found in modern plume rocks are explained as the result of iodine-to-plutonium fractionations during early, high-pressure episodes of core formation.

Date: 2018
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