High-velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in asteroidal meteorites

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-307

  Marchi, S ^a   Bottke, W F ^a   Cohen, B A ^b   Wunnemann K ^c   Kring, D A ^d   McSween, H Y ^e   De Sanctis, M C ^f   O'Brien, D P ^g   Schenk, P ^h   Raymond, C A ⁱ   Russell, C T ^j  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f Istituto Nazionale   (Italy)

^g PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; ASTEROID; COLLISION; DEGASSING; LUNAR CRUST; METEORITE; SOLAR SYSTEM; VELOCITY; VOLUME;

EID: 84875791890     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1769     Document Type: Article

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