Thermal history recorded by the Apollo 17 impact melt breccia 73217

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3093-3107

  Grange, M L ^a   Nemchin, A A ^a   Pidgeon, R T ^a   Timms, N ^a   Muhling, J R ^b   Kennedy, A K ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; APATITE; BRECCIA; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT; MELT; MOON; PARTIAL MELTING; SHRIMP DATING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 64749110537     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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