Argon-40-argon-39 chronology and petrogenesis along the eastern limb of the Moon from Luna 16, 20 and 24 samples

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1345-1366

  Cohen, B A ^a   Snyder, G A ^a   Hall, C M ^b   Taylor, L A ^a   Nazarov, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; MOON; PETROGENESIS; PRECAMBRIAN; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0034765701     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01829.x     Document Type: Article

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