The contribution of the sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe (SHRIMP) to lunar geochronology

Precambrian Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-49

  Pidgeon, R T ^a,c   Nemchin, A A ^a,c   Meyer, C ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion microprobes; Lunar geochronology; SHRIMP; Zircon geochronology

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LUNAR CRUST; SHRIMP DATING;

EID: 78049238957     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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