Mass flux in the ancient Earth-Moon system and benign implications for the origin of life on Earth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Ryder, Graham ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Basins; Cataclysm; Heavy bombardment; Impacts; Life

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRATER; EARLY EARTH; IMPACT; MOON; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 0037172079     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001583     Document Type: Article

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