The young age of Earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3185-3189

  Zhang, Youxue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLANET;

EID: 0032425304     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00211-7     Document Type: Article

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