Neutron capture effects on samarium, europium, and gadolinium in Apollo 15 deep drill-core samples

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-589

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Ebihara, Mitsuru ^b   Yoneda, Shigekazu ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOCHEMISTRY; EUROPIUM; GADOLINIUM; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; SAMARIUM;

EID: 0034083075     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01438.x     Document Type: Article

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