The abundance, distribution, and isotopic composition of Hydrogen in the Moon as revealed by basaltic lunar samples: Implications for the volatile inventory of the Moon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-74

  Tartèse, Romain ^a   Anand, Mahesh ^a,b   Barnes, Jessica J ^a,b   Starkey, Natalie A ^a   Franchi, Ian A ^a   Sano, Yuji ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; DEGASSING; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84884371470     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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