Lu-Hf zircon evidence for rapid lunar differentiation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 157-164

  Taylor, Dianne J ^a   McKeegan, Kevin D ^a   Harrison, T Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hafnium isotopes; KREEP; lunar zircons; lutetium; origin of moon

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGES; HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; KREEP; LUNAR SAMPLES; LUNAR ZIRCONS; MAGMA OCEANS; ORIGIN OF MOON; TRACE-ELEMENT;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LUTETIUM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZIRCON;

MOON;

AGE DETERMINATION; ENRICHMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR PHASE; LUTETIUM; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; ZIRCON;

EID: 60949090093     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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