Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions

The measurement of magnesium isotope ratios at improved accuracy suggests that planetary compositions result from fractionation between liquid and vapour, followed by vapour escape during accretionary growth. Earth's volatile origins In comparison to primitive, chondritic meteorites, which are...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2017-09, Vol.549 (7673), p.511-515
Main Authors: Hin, Remco C., Coath, Christopher D., Carter, Philip J., Nimmo, Francis, Lai, Yi-Jen, Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A. E., Willbold, Matthias, Leinhardt, Zoë M., Walter, Michael J., Elliott, Tim
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Language:English
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Condensation
Earth
Fractionation
Humanities and Social Sciences
Iron
Iron constituents
Isotope composition
Isotope fractionation
Isotopes
letter
Magnesium
Magnesium (Metal)
Magnesium isotopes
Mars
Meteorites
Meteoritic composition
Meteors & meteorites
multidisciplinary
Natural history
Planet formation
Planetary composition
Planetary cores
Planetology
Science
Silicon
Solar nebula
Vapors
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