Timing of crystallization of the lunar magma ocean constrained by the oldest zircon

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-136

  Nemchin, A ^a   Timms, N ^a   Pidgeon, R ^a   Geisler, T ^b   Reddy, S ^a   Meyer, C ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 64749086245     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo417     Document Type: Article

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