Lunar impact history from 40Ar/39Ar dating of glass spherules

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5459, 2000, Pages 1785-1788

  Culler, Timothy S ^a,b   Becker, Timothy A ^c   Muller, Richard A ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GLASS;

GLASS; IMPACT; MOON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034629128     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5459.1785     Document Type: Article

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