The Moon: A Taylor perspective

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5904-5918

  Taylor, S Ross ^a,b   Taylor, G Jeffrey ^c,d   Taylor, L August ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NASA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MOON; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 33745790054     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.262     Document Type: Article

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