Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust

Albrecht W. Hofmann

doi:10.1016/0012-821x(88)90132-x

journal article Nov 01, 1988

Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust

Albrecht W. Hofmann

Earth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 90 No. 3 pp. 297-314 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Nov 01, 1988
Vol/Issue: 90(3)
Pages: 297-314
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Albrecht W. Hofmann

Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Chemistry, Post Office Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany.; Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin Street 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia.; Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Koptuyga prospekt 3, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.; Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia.; Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaînes Alpines, Université de Grenoble, 38401 Grenoble cedex, France.

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Albrecht W. Hofmann (1988). Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 90(3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(88)90132-x

Chemical differentiation of the Earth: the relationship between mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust

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