Concordant Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and Ar-Ar ages for Northwest Africa 1460: A 346 Ma old basaltic shergottite related to "lherzolitic" shergottites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4288-4309

  Nyquist, L E ^a   Bogard, D D ^a   Shih, C Y ^b   Park, J ^a,c   Reese, Y D ^d   Irving, A J ^e  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^d ESCG   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHRONOLOGY; COSMIC RAY; CRATERING; CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; MARTIAN METEORITE; PETROGRAPHY; RUBIDIUM-STRONTIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SHERGOTTITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 66149155027     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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