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Primitive Mantle Composition

Primitive Mantle Composition is a geochemical reference model that represents the estimated chemical makeup of the Earth's mantle prior to crustal extraction and differentiation processes, derived from the composition of primitive meteorites and adjusted for core formation and mantle melting effects.

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Primitive Mantle

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Organic Compound Synthesis on the Primitive Earth

Stanley L. Miller, Harold C. Urey · Science · 1959 · 1.4K citations

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The Abundances of Major, Minor and Trace Elements in the Earth's Mantle as Derived from Primitive Ultramafic Nodules

E. Jagoutz, H. Palme, H. Baddenhausen et al. · Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings · 1979 · 801 citations

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Chemical composition and origin of the earth's primitive mantle

Shen‐Su Sun · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1982 · 602 citations

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Cenozoic Volcanism in Tibet: Evidence for a Transition from Oceanic to Continental Subduction

Lin Ding · Journal of Petrology · 2003 · 601 citations · Full text

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Highly siderophile element composition of the Earth’s primitive upper mantle: Constraints from new data on peridotite massifs and xenoliths

Harry Becker, M. F. Horan, R. J. Walker et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2006 · 594 citations

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Authors

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  1. SA
    Shoji Arai

    Kanazawa University, Japan

    4 publications · 87 citations

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  2. RJ
    R. J. Walker

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. GF
    Geoffrey F. Davies

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 326 citations

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  4. AW
    Albrecht W. Hofmann

    Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany

    4 publications · 499 citations

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  5. TL
    T. L. Grove

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 325 citations

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Institutions

379

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    12 h-index

    22 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Carnegie Institution for Science

    Washington, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    47 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    923 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    834 citations

  7. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    383 citations

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  1. Journal of Petrology

    25 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 19 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems

    14 publications · 946 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    11 publications · 525 citations

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  5. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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