Ion microprobe U-Pb dating of phosphates in lunar basaltic breccia, Elephant Moraine 87521

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Terada, Kentaro ^a   Saiki, Tomoyo ^a   Oka, Yoshimi ^a   Hayasaka, Yasutaka ^a   Sano, Yuji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IONS; METEORITES; MOON; PHOSPHATES; PROBES; RADIOISOTOPES; ROCKS;

ION MICROPROBE U-PB DATING; LUNAR BASALTIC BRECCIA; LUNAR METEORITE;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BRECCIA; LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; MOON; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EID: 28944444787     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023909     Document Type: Article

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