On the elusive isotopic composition of lunar Pb

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2940-2964

  Nemchin, A A ^a,b   Whitehouse, M J ^c   Grange, M L ^a   Muhling, J R ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR SOIL; MARE BASALT; MIXING; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; SULFIDE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 79955118951     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.042     Document Type: Article

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