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187Os–186Os systematics of Os–Ir–Ru alloy grains from southwestern Oregon

scholarly article

A Geochemical Review of Amphibolite, Granulite, and Eclogite Facies Lithologies: Perspectives on the Deep Continental Crust

scientific article published in December 2021

A Synthesis of Instrumental Analytical Techniques for Examination of the Thermal History of Pallasite Meteorites

A gravimetric K2OsCl6 standard: Application to precise and accurate Os spike calibration

scholarly article

A lithium isotopic study of sub-greenschist to greenschist facies metamorphism in an accretionary prism, New Zealand

article

A reference Earth model for the heat-producing elements and associated geoneutrino flux

article

AGM2015: Antineutrino Global Map 2015 ⬇️

scientific article

ATM-mediated Transcriptional Elevation of Prion in Response to Copper-induced Oxidative Stress

scientific article published in Journal of Biological Chemistry

An experimental study of the solubility and partitioning of iridium, osmium and gold between olivine and silicate melt

scholarly article by James M. Brenan et al published September 2005 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

An investigation of the behavior of Cu and Cr during iron meteorite crystallization

scholarly article

Bold frontier in Chinese geoscience

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Cadmium measurements in coral skeleton using isotope dilution-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Carbonatite metasomatism in the northern Tanzanian mantle: Petrographic and geochemical characteristics

scholarly article by Roberta L. Rudnick et al published February 1993 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Cause of the chalcophile trace element enrichments marking the Holocene to Anthropocene transition in northern Chesapeake Bay sediments

scholarly article

Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes

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Chemical heterogeneity in the upper mantle recorded by peridotites and chromitites from the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland

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Chemical variations and regional diversity observed in MORB

scholarly article

Comment on “Abundance and distribution of gallium in some spinel and garnet lherzolites” by D. B. McKay and R. H. Mitchell

scholarly article by William F. McDonough published February 1990 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Comment on “Rubidium and cesium in the Earth and the Moon” by J. H. Jones and M. J. Drake

scholarly article

Compositional Attributes of the Deep Continental Crust Inferred From Geochemical and Geophysical Data

scientific article published in August 2022

Compositional Model for the Earth's Core ⬇️

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Compositional Model for the Earth's Core

Compositional constraints on the continental lithospheric mantle from trace elements in spinel peridotite xenoliths

scientific article published in Nature

Compositional evolution of the upper continental crust through time, as constrained by ancient glacial diamictites

article

Constraints on the composition of the continental lithospheric mantle

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Core formation and metal–silicate fractionation of osmium and iridium from gold

article

Day et al. reply

scientific article published in Nature

Deducing a reducing mantle

scientific article published in Nature

Depleted melt inclusions in MORB plagioclase: messages from the mantle or mirages from the magma chamber?

scholarly article

Determination of Ga, Ge, Mo, Ag, Cd, In, Sn, Sb, W, Tl and Bi in USGS Whole-Rock Reference Materials by Standard Addition ICP-MS

article

Determination of the lithium isotopic composition of planktic foraminifera and its application as a paleo-seawater proxy

article

Diffusion-driven extreme lithium isotopic fractionation in country rocks of the Tin Mountain pegmatite

article

Distribution of titanium and the rare earth elements between peridotitic minerals

scholarly article by W. F. McDonough et al published April 1992 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

EH3 matrix mineralogy with major and trace element composition compared to chondrules

scholarly article

Early formation of evolved asteroidal crust

scientific article

Earth and Mars – Distinct inner solar system products

scientific article published in May 2021

Earth's chondritic Th/U: Negligible fractionation during accretion, core formation, and crust–mantle differentiation

scientific article published in September 2018

Effect of silicon on trace element partitioning in iron-bearing metallic melts

scholarly article

Effects of Mother Lode-Type Gold Mineralization on 187Os/188Os and Platinum Group Element Concentrations in Peridotite: Alleghany District, California

Electrochemical isotope effect and lithium isotope separation.

scientific article

Electronic data publication in geochemistry

scholarly article

Elemental fractionation during condensation of plasma plumes generated by laser ablation: a ToF-SIMS study of condensate blankets

Erratum to “Europium and strontium anomalies in the MORB source mantle” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 197 (2017) 132–141]

scientific article published in April 2017

Erratum to “Metallic phases and siderophile elements in main group ureilites: Implications for ureilite petrogenesis” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 112 (2013) 340–373]

scholarly article

Erratum to “Rhenium–osmium isotopes and platinum-group elements in the Rum Layered Suite, Scotland: Implications for Cr-spinel seam formation and the composition of the Iceland mantle anomaly” [Earth and Planetary Science Letters 286 (2009) 41?

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Erratum to: “Trace element partitioning between majoritic garnet and silicate melt at 10–17GPa: Implications for deep mantle processes” [Lithos 148 (2012) 128–141]

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Europium and strontium anomalies in the MORB source mantle

scholarly article

Europium anomalies constrain the mass of recycled lower continental crust

scholarly article

Evidence for high-temperature fractionation of lithium isotopes during differentiation of the Moon

scholarly article

Evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath the East African Rift in Tanzania and its potential signatures in rift magmas

scholarly article by Sonja Aulbach et al published June 2011 in Geological Society of America Special Papers

Expected geoneutrino signal at JUNO

article

Experimental Constraints on the Sulfide- and Chromite-Silicate Melt Partitioning Behavior of Rhenium and Platinum-Group Elements

scholarly article by P. Sattari et al published 1 March 2002 in Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists

Experimental Determination of Partitioning in the Fe-Ni System for Applications to Modeling Meteoritic Metals

scholarly article

Experimental constraints on the partitioning of Ru, Rh, Ir, Pt and Pd between chromite and silicate melt: The importance of ferric iron

scholarly article

Experimental constraints on the partitioning of rhenium and some platinum-group elements between olivine and silicate melt

scholarly article

Experimental partitioning of uranium between liquid iron sulfide and liquid silicate: Implications for radioactivity in the Earth’s core

article

Experiments and Models Bearing on the Role of Chromite as a Collector of Platinum Group Minerals by Local Reduction

article

Extremely light Li in orogenic eclogites: The role of isotope fractionation during dehydration in subducted oceanic crust

article

Ferric iron in peridotites and mantle oxidation states

Formation of pyroxenite layers in the Totalp ultramafic massif (Swiss Alps) – Insights from highly siderophile elements and Os isotopes

article

Formation of replacement dolomite in the Latemar carbonate buildup, Dolomites, northern Italy: Part 1. Field relations, mineralogy, and geochemistry

article

GGR Biennial Review: Advances in Laser Ablation and Solution ICP-MS from 2008 to 2009 with Particular Emphasis on Sensitivity Enhancements, Mitigation of Fractionation Effects and Exploration of New Applications

GGR Critical Review of Analytical Developments in 2008-2009: An Introduction

GSD-1G and MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In Situ and Bulk Isotopic Determination

article

Geo-neutrinos

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Geo-neutrinos and Earth Models

scientific article published in 2015

Geochemical constraints on magma processes in a peralkaline system: The Paisano volcano, west Texas

scholarly article by William F. McDonough & Dennis O. Nelson published December 1984 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, part 2: origins of the high MgO eclogites

article

Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, part I: A link between low MgO eclogites and archean crust formation

article

Geoneutrinos

article published in 2012

Geoneutrinos and reactor antineutrinos at SNO+

scientific article published in May 2016

Geoneutrinos from the rock overburden at SNO+

scientific article published in January 2020

Geophysical and geochemical constraints on geoneutrino fluxes from Earth's mantle

article

Geophysics. Mapping the Earth's engine

scientific article published in August 2007

Ghosts from within

scientific article published in Nature

Group IVA irons: New constraints on the crystallization and cooling history of an asteroidal core with a complex history

scholarly article

High resolution coral Cd measurements using LA-ICP-MS and ID-ICP-MS: Calibration and interpretation

scholarly article

High-precision measurement of Eu/Eu* in geological glasses via LA-ICP-MS analysis

How Did Early Earth Become Our Modern World?

How much potassium is in the Earth's core? New insights from partitioning experiments

In Situ Determination of First-Row Transition Metal, Ga and Ge Abundances in Geological Materials via Medium-Resolution LA-ICP-MS

Influence of chemical weathering on the composition of the continental crust: Insights from Li and Nd isotopes in bauxite profiles developed on Columbia River Basalts

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Insights into Li and Li isotope cycling and sub-arc metasomatism from veined mantle xenoliths, Kamchatka

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Intraplate origin of komatiites inferred from trace elements in glass inclusions

scientific article published in September 1993

Invited Article: miniTimeCube ⬇️

scientific article

K/U of the MORB Source and Silicate Earth

scientific article published in December 2020

Kimberlite petrogenesis: Insights from clinopyroxene-melt partitioning experiments at 6 GPa in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-CO2 system

scholarly article

Li and δ7Li in mudrocks from the British Caledonides: Metamorphism and source influences

scholarly article

Li-Sr-Nd isotope signatures of the plume and cratonic lithospheric mantle beneath the margin of the rifted Tanzanian craton (Labait)

scholarly article by Sonja Aulbach et al published 17 July 2007 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Limited lithium isotopic fractionation during progressive metamorphic dehydration in metapelites: A case study from the Onawa contact aureole, Maine

scholarly article

Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the deep continental crust

scholarly article

Lithium isotopic composition and concentration of the upper continental crust

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Lithium isotopic systematics of A-type granites and their mafic enclaves: Further constraints on the Li isotopic composition of the continental crust

scholarly article

Lithium isotopic systematics of granites and pegmatites from the Black Hills, South Dakota

scholarly article in American Mineralogist, vol. 91 no. 10, October 2006

Lower Crustal Composition in the Southwestern United States

Massive magnesium depletion and isotope fractionation in weathered basalts

scholarly article by Xiao-Ming Liu et al published June 2014 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Metal in Ureilitic Fragments of Almahata Sitta ⬇️

conference paper published in 2010

Metallic phases and siderophile elements in main group ureilites: Implications for ureilite petrogenesis

scholarly article

Metal–silicate partitioning and constraints on core composition and oxygen fugacity during Earth accretion

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Meteoritic Clues Point Chromium Toward Earth's Core ⬇️

scientific article published on February 24, 2011

Mineral–fluid partitioning of lithium and implications for slab–mantle interaction

scholarly article

Modeling fractional crystallization of group IVB iron meteorites

scholarly article

Multi-mode Li diffusion in natural zircons: Evidence for diffusion in the presence of step-function concentration boundaries

scientific article published in 2017

Nd and Sm isotopic composition of spent nuclear fuels from three material test reactors

scientific article published on 17 November 2016

Neutrino geoscience, news in brief

scientific article published on 15 March 2014

Neutrino physics with JUNO ⬇️

scientific article

Onset of oxidative weathering of continents recorded in the geochemistry of ancient glacial diamictites

scholarly article by Richard M. Gaschnig et al published December 2014 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Origin of felsic achondrites Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129, and ultramafic brachinites and brachinite-like achondrites by partial melting of volatile-rich primitive parent bodies

scholarly article

Origin of kamacite, schreibersite, and perryite in metal-sulfide nodules of the enstatite chondrite Sahara 97072 (EH3)

scholarly article

Partitioning behavior at 9GPa in the Fe–S system and implications for planetary evolution

scholarly article by Nancy L. Chabot et al published May 2011 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Pd and Ag metal-silicate partitioning applied to Earth differentiation and core-mantle exchange

scholarly article

Peer-review 2011

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Perceiving the Crust in 3‐D: A Model Integrating Geological, Geochemical, and Geophysical Data

scientific article published in December 2017

Petrology and geochemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Hannuoba and Qixia, North China craton

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Physics prospects of the Jinping neutrino experiment ⬇️

Potential of geo-neutrino measurements at JUNO ⬇️

Precise elemental and isotope ratio determination by simultaneous solution nebulization and laser ablation-ICP-MS: application to U–Pb geochronology

scholarly article

Preface

scientific article published in March 1995

Primordial metallic melt in the deep mantle

scholarly article

Processes controlling δ 7 Li in rivers illuminated by study of streams and groundwaters draining basalts

scholarly article by Xiao-Ming Liu et al published January 2015 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Quantifying Earth's radiogenic heat budget

scientific article published on 12 February 2022

Radiogenic Power and Geoneutrino Luminosity of the Earth and Other Terrestrial Bodies Through Time

scientific article published in July 2020

Rapid analysis of trinitite with nuclear forensic applications for post-detonation material analyses

Reference Models for Lithospheric Geoneutrino Signal

scientific article

Regional study of the Archean to Proterozoic crust at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO+), Ontario: Predicting the geoneutrino flux

scholarly article

Revealing the Earth's mantle from the tallest mountains using the Jinping Neutrino Experiment

scientific article

Re–Os evidence for replacement of ancient mantle lithosphere beneath the North China craton

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ReOs and UPb geochronological constraints on the eclogite–tonalite connection in the Archean Man Shield, West Africa

article

Rhenium–osmium isotopes and platinum-group elements in the Rum Layered Suite, Scotland: Implications for Cr-spinel seam formation and the composition of the Iceland mantle anomaly

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Romita pottery revisited: a reassessment of the provenance of ceramics from Colonial Mexico by LA-MC-ICP-MS

Seawater nutrient and carbonate ion concentrations recorded as P/Ca, Ba/Ca, and U/Ca in the deep-sea coral Desmophyllum dianthus

scholarly article

Sediment profiles of less commonly determined elements measured by Laser Ablation ICP-MS.

scientific article

Simplified mantle architecture and distribution of radiogenic power

scholarly article

Sodic Pyroxene and Sodic Amphibole as Potential Reference Materials forIn SituLithium Isotope Determinations by SIMS

Subterranean production of neutrons, 39Ar and 21Ne: Rates and uncertainties

scientific article published in January 2017

Terrestrial planet compositions controlled by accretion disk magnetic field

scientific article published on 2 July 2021

The Cerro Purico Shield Complex, North Chile

scientific article

The Composition of the Earth

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The Fe–C system at 5GPa and implications for Earth’s core

scholarly article

The K/U ratio of the silicate Earth: Insights into mantle composition, structure and thermal evolution

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The Li isotopic composition of Oldoinyo Lengai: Nature of the mantle sources and lack of isotopic fractionation during carbonatite petrogenesis

article

The Milton pallasite and South Byron Trio irons: Evidence for oxidation and core crystallization

scientific article published in August 2019

The Preparation and Preliminary Characterisation of Eight Geological MPI-DING Reference Glasses for In-Situ Microanalysis

The behavior of lithium in amphibolite- to granulite-facies rocks of the Ivrea–Verbano Zone, NW Italy

scholarly article

The composition of Mars

scientific article published in March 2020

The composition of the Earth

scholarly article

The composition of the deep continental crust inferred from geochemical and geophysical data

scientific article published on 17 January 2022

The iron–nickel–phosphorus system: Effects on the distribution of trace elements during the evolution of iron meteorites

scholarly article by Catherine Corrigan et al published May 2009 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The many uses of electron antineutrinos

The next-generation liquid-scintillator neutrino observatory LENA

article

The reinterpretation of Leone lake sediments as a pyroclastic surge deposit and its tectonic significance

article

The role of climate in the accumulation of lithium-rich brine in the Central Andes

The southeast Australian lithospheric mantle: isotopic and geochemical constraints on its growth and evolution

article

Thermal history and origin of the Tanzanian Craton from Pb isotope thermochronology of feldspars from lower crustal xenoliths

scholarly article by Jeremy J. Bellucci et al published January 2011 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Thermal structure, thickness and composition of continental lithosphere

scholarly article

Towards a refined reference Earth model for geo-neutrinos

Trace element partitioning between garnet lherzolite and carbonatite at 6.6 and 8.6 GPa with applications to the geochemistry of the mantle and of mantle-derived melts

scholarly article

Trace element partitioning between high-An plagioclase and basaltic to basaltic andesite melt at 1 atmosphere pressure

Trace element partitioning between majoritic garnet and silicate melt at 10–17GPa: Implications for deep mantle processes

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Trace element partitioning between type B CAI melts and melilite and spinel: Implications for trace element distribution during CAI formation

scholarly article

Trace element partitioning in the Fe–S–C system and its implications for planetary differentiation and the thermal history of ureilites

scholarly article

Tracking the budget of Nb and Ta in the continental crust

scholarly article

Tracking the lithium isotopic evolution of the mantle using carbonatites

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Tungsten geochemistry and implications for understanding the Earth's interior

scholarly article by Ricardo Arevalo & William F. McDonough published August 2008 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Tungsten in Hawaiian picrites: A compositional model for the sources of Hawaiian lavas

article

Understanding the Lunar Nearside–Farside Dichotomy via In Situ Trace Element Measurements: The Scientific Framework of a Prospective Landed Mission

scholarly article

Upwelling, species, and depth effects on coral skeletal cadmium-to-calcium ratios (Cd/Ca)

scholarly article

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