Chronological evidence that the Moon is either young or did not have a global magma ocean

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7362, 2011, Pages 70-73

  Borg, Lars E ^a   Connelly, James N ^b   Boyet, Maud ^c   Carlson, Richard W ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; LUNAR CRUST; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; SOLIDIFICATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROAN ANORTHOSITE; FLOTATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MAGMA OCEAN; MINERALOGY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

EID: 80052406185     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10328     Document Type: Article

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