Volcanism in Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Crisium: Ar-Ar age studies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4919-4934

  Fernandes, Vera A ^a,b   Burgess, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; LUNAR CRUST; VOLCANISM;

EID: 27644597273     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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