The isotope geochemistry of zinc and copper

F Moynier, D Vance, T Fujii… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Copper, a native metal found in ores, is the principal metal in bronze and brass. It is a
reddish metal with a density of 8920 kg m− 3. All of copper's compounds tend to be brightly …

Magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in the lunar mantle, crust, and regolith: Abundances, distributions, processes, and reservoirs

FM McCubbin, KEV Kaaden, R Tartèse… - American …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Many studies exist on magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in and on the Moon, within the
last several years, that have cast into question the post-Apollo view of lunar formation, the …

[BOOK][B] Stable isotope geochemistry

J Hoefs, J Hoefs - 2009 - Springer
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

The origin of the Moon within a terrestrial synestia

SJ Lock, ST Stewart, MI Petaev… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The giant impact hypothesis remains the leading theory for lunar origin. However, current
models struggle to explain the Moon's composition and isotopic similarity with Earth. Here …

Zinc isotope composition of the Earth and its behaviour during planetary accretion

PA Sossi, O Nebel, HSC O'Neill, F Moynier - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The terrestrial planets are depleted in volatile elements with respect to chondritic meteorites,
their possible building blocks. However, the timing, extent and origin of volatile depletion is …

Zinc isotope fractionation during mantle melting and constraints on the Zn isotope composition of Earth's upper mantle

ZZ Wang, SA Liu, J Liu, J Huang, Y **ao, ZY Chu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The zinc (Zn) stable isotope system has great potential for tracing planetary formation and
differentiation processes due to its chalcophile, lithophile and moderately volatile character …

Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis

M Paquet, F Moynier, T Yokoyama, W Dai, Y Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Initial analyses showed that asteroid Ryugu's composition is close to CI (Ivuna-like)
carbonaceous chondrites (CCs)–the chemically most primitive meteorites, characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretion

EA Pringle, F Moynier - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the origin of volatile element variations in the inner Solar System has long
been a goal of cosmochemistry, but many early studies searching for the fingerprint of …

Highly siderophile elements in Earth, Mars, the Moon, and asteroids

JMD Day, AD Brandon… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The highly siderophile elements (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd, Re, Au) are key tracers of
planetary accretion and differentiation processes due to their affinity for metal relative to …

Near-equilibrium isotope fractionation during planetesimal evaporation

ED Young, A Shahar, F Nimmo, HE Schlichting… - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
Silicon and Mg in differentiated rocky bodies exhibit heavy isotope enrichments that have
been attributed to evaporation of partially or entirely molten planetesimals. We evaluate the …