Ar-Ar chronology of the Martian meteorite ALH84001: Evidence for the timing of the early bombardment of Mars

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3835-3850

  Turner, G ^a   Knott, S F ^a   Ash, R D ^a   Gilmour, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ALH84001; ARGON/ARGON DATING; MARTIAN METEORITE; ORTHOPYROXENITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOLOGY; HEAT; MICROCLIMATE;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERE; CALCIUM; CARBONATES; COSMIC RADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HEAT; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031404287     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00285-8     Document Type: Article

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