Tungsten isotope evidence from ∼3.8-Gyr metamorphosed sediments for early meteorite bombardment of the Earth

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6896, 2002, Pages 403-405

  Schoenberg, Ronny ^a   Kamber, Balz S ^a   Collerson, Kenneth D ^a   Moorbath, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; METEORITES; MOON; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS;

LUNAR BASINS;

TUNGSTEN;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE; TUNGSTEN;

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CANADA; GEOLOGY; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; ROCK; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 0037173647     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00923     Document Type: Article

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