Isotopic evidence for chondritic Lu/Hf and Sm/Nd of the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 380, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-87

  Sprung, Peter ^a,b   Kleine, Thorsten ^a   Scherer, Erik E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

142Nd; Bulk silicate Earth; Bulk silicate Moon; Chondritic composition of the Earth; Lu Hf; Sm Nd

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH; LITHOPHILE ELEMENTS; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; PLANETARY EVOLUTIONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; SILICATES;

MOON;

CHONDRITE; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUTETIUM; MARE BASALT; MOON; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SAMARIUM; SILICATE;

EID: 84883623414     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.018     Document Type: Article

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