Depth profile of 41Ca in an Apollo 15 drill core and the low-energy neutron flux in the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 545-552

  Nishiizumi, K ^a   Fink, D ^b   Klein, J ^c   Middleton, R ^c   Masarik, J ^d,e,g   Reedy, R C ^d   Arnold, J R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Lunar soil; Production rate; Thermal neutron

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM-41; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; LUNAR SOIL; THERMAL NEUTRON;

MOON, APOLLO 15 LANDING SITE;

EID: 0030762849     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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