Chronometry of meteorites and the formation of the Earth and Moon

Elements

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Kleine, Thorsten ^a   Rudge, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Core formation; Early Earth; Meteorites; Moon; Radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

METEORITES; MOON; PLANETS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CHRONOLOGY; CORE FORMATION; DUST PARTICLE; EARLY EARTH; GIANT IMPACT; ISOTOPIC DATING; PLANET FORMATION; PLANETARY BODIES;

EARTH (PLANET);

CHRONOLOGY; EARLY EARTH; METEORITE; MOON; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 79958848195     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.7.1.41     Document Type: Article

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