Martian meteorite chronology and the evolution of the interior of Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 285-295

  Bouvier, Audrey ^a,b   Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Albarède, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

142Nd; ALH 84001; Mars; Pb Pb dating; planetary differentiation; SNC meteorites

Indexed keywords

142ND; ALH 84001; MARS; PB-PB DATING; PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATION; SNC METEORITES;

GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METEORITES; MOON; NEODYMIUM; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS;

SATELLITES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SNC METEORITE;

EID: 62549095436     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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