39Ar-40Ar ages of martian nakhlites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2177-2189

  Park, Jisun ^a   Garrison, Daniel H ^a,b   Bogard, Donald D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b ESCD Barrios   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEGASSING; MARTIAN METEORITE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE;

EID: 62149110410     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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