Earth factories: Creation of the elements from nuclear transmutation in Earth’s lower mantle
Stellar nucleosynthesis is a widely acknowledged theory for the formation of all elements in our universe; traditionally, we say that the highest mass stars transmuted lighter elements into heavier elements lighter than iron. Here, we propose that the formation of 25 elements with smaller atomic num...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2021-10-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0061584 |