Constraints on the formation age and evolution of the Moon from 142Nd-143Nd systematics of Apollo 12 basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 396, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-189

  McLeod, Claire L ^a   Brandon, Alan D ^a   Armytage, Rosalind M G ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollo mare basalts; Lunar evolution; Lunar mantle; Magma ocean

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GALLIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD;

FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; FORMATION CONSTRAINTS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LUNAR EVOLUTION; LUNAR MANTLE; MAGMA OCEAN; MOON-FORMING IMPACT; SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASINS;

MOON;

AGE DETERMINATION; IMPACT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LUNAR MANTLE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MARE BASALT; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TIMESCALE; BASALT; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84899553044     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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