Volatile content of lunar volcanic glasses and the presence of water in the Moon's interior

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7201, 2008, Pages 192-195

  Saal, Alberto E ^a   Hauri, Erik H ^b   Cascio, Mauro Lo ^a   Van Orman, James A ^c   Rutherford, Malcolm C ^a   Cooper, Reid F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; FLUORINE; GLASS; SULFUR; WATER;

MODELING; MOON; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC GAS; WATER;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; VOLCANO;

EID: 47049118401     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07047     Document Type: Article

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