Comparison of structures in zircons from lunar and terrestrial impactites1

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Pidgeon, R T ^a   Nemchin, A A ^a   Kamo, S L ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; IMPACT EJECTA; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC SYSTEMS; PLANAR DEFORMATION; SHOCK FEATURES; SHOCK PRESSURE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MOON; ROCKS; ZIRCON;

SILICATE MINERALS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HEATING; LUNAR SOIL; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFORMATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 79952266053     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-037     Document Type: Article

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