High-temperature Mars-to-Earth transfer of meteorite ALH84001

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 72-85

  Min, Kyoungwon ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; ALH84001; Martian meteorite; phosphate; thermochronology

Indexed keywords

EXOGENESIS; MARTIAN EVOLUTION; MARTIAN METEORITE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

APATITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MASS TRANSFER; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PHOSPHATES; RADIOGENIC GASES;

METEORITES;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; MASS TRANSFER; PHOSPHATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 34447280598     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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