Terrestrial accretion rates and the origin of the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-30

  Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accretion; Core; Impacts; Isotopes; Moon

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; MOON; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0034723878     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00317-9     Document Type: Article

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