40Ar/39Ar age of the Lonar crater and consequence for the geochronology of planetary impacts

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 671-674

  Jourdan, F ^a   Moynier, F ^b   Koeberl, C ^c,d   Eroglu, S ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID IMPACT; BASALTIC LAVA FLOW; BASALTIC MELTS; DIFFUSION MODEL; FUTURE MISSION; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT EVENTS; IMPACT MELT; ISOCHRON AGE; ON-BODY; PLANETARY SURFACES; ROCK SAMPLE; ROCK TYPES; SECONDARY PROCESS;

ASTEROIDS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BASALT; DEGASSING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MOON;

ROCKS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; ASTEROID; CRATER; DEGASSING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT; LAVA FLOW; PLANETARY SURFACE; QUATERNARY;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 79960050811     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31888.1     Document Type: Article

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