Osmium isotope and highly siderophile element constraints on ages and nature of meteoritic components in ancient lunar impact rocks

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-156

  Fischer Gödde, Mario ^a,b   Becker, Harry ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRANULITE; IMPACTITE; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR METEORITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTITIONING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

EID: 82655170960     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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