NanoSIMS Pb/Pb dating of tranquillityite in high-Ti lunar basalts: Implications for the chronology of high-Ti volcanism on the Moon

American Mineralogist

Volumn 98, Issue 8-9, 2013, Pages 1477-1486

  Tartèse, Romain ^a   Anand, Mahesh ^a,b   Delhaye, Thomas ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

High Ti mare basalts; Ion probe; NanoSIMS 50; Pb Pb dating; Tranquillityite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MOON; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; RUBIDIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BASALTIC VOLCANISM; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; ION PROBE; IONIZATION EFFICIENCY; NANOSIMS 50; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANQUILLITYITE;

LEAD ALLOYS;

CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; LEAD-LEAD DATING; MAFIC ROCK; MARE BASALT; MOON; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84882805895     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2013.4467     Document Type: Article

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