Cosmic-ray exposure ages of meteorites and lunar rocks and their significance

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-30

  Eugster, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cosmic rays; Lunar craters; Lunar rocks; Mars; Meteorites; Moon

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; DATING METHOD; LUNAR CRUST; METEORITE; MOON;

EID: 0038641650     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0009-2819-00021     Document Type: Review

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