Zinc isotopic evidence for the origin of the Moon

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7420, 2012, Pages 376-379

  Paniello, Randal C ^a   Day, James M D ^b   Moynier, Frédéric ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZINC;

CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOLOGY; EARTH; EVAPORATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATISM; MARS; MOON; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SOLAR SYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; VOLATILE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPORATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; VOLATILIZATION; VOLCANO;

EID: 84867660600     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11507     Document Type: Article

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