Late formation and prolonged differentiation of the Moon inferred from W isotopes in lunar metals

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7173, 2007, Pages 1206-1209

  Touboul, M ^a   Kleine, T ^a   Bourdon, B ^a   Palme, H ^b   Wieler, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE; METAL; NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM; TANTALUM; TUNGSTEN;

CHRONOLOGY; ENERGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR SOIL; MAGMA; METAL; MOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 37549026875     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06428     Document Type: Article

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