Pb-isotopic systematics of lunar highland rocks (>3.9 ga): Constraints on early lunar evolution

International Geology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-128

  Premo, W R ^a   Tatsumoto, M ^a   Misawa, K ^b   Nakamura, N ^b   Kita, N I ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

EID: 0032896541     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819909465134     Document Type: Article

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