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différenciation géochimique primaire [1 record]

Record 1 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A theory explaining the formation of the Earth's core, mantle, and crust, in which the formation of the nickel-iron core may have been accompanied by partitioning of the elements.

OBS

[This theory] postulates that some of the elements were reduced, alloyed with iron and concentrated in the core, while the remainder formed the mantle and primitive crust.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
CONT

[...] sidérophiles, chalcophiles, lithophiles, atmophiles. - La distinction classique de ces familles d'éléments [...] est liée à une certaine idée de la différenciation géochimique primaire de la Terre en un noyau métallique, une enveloppe sulfurée, un manteau silicaté et l'atmosphère primordiale.

Spanish

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