The comparative behavior of apatite-zircon U-Pb systems in Apollo 14 breccias: Implications for the thermal history of the Fra Mauro formation

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1717-1734

  Nemchin, A A ^a   Pidgeon, R T ^a   Healy, D ^a   Grange, M L ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b   Vaughan, J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

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EID: 76749128088     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01202.x     Document Type: Article

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