Search for traces of the late heavy bombardment on Earth - Results from high precision chromium isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 28-40

  Frei, Robert ^a   Rosing, Minik T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chromium isotopes; Impacts; Isua; Lunar bombardment; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BOMBARDMENT; CHEMICAL TRACES; IRON STONES; ISUA SUPRACRUSTAL BELT (ISB);

CHROMIUM; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEORITES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CHROMIUM; EARLY EARTH; IMPACT STRUCTURE; METEORITE;

EID: 22144434824     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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