Equilibration in the aftermath of the lunar-forming giant impact

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 438-449

  Pahlevan, Kaveh ^a   Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

composition; equilibration; giant impact; mixing; Moon; origin; oxygen isotopes; planet formation

Indexed keywords

LUNAR-FORMING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANET FORMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 35148841651     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.055     Document Type: Article

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