Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf isotope systematics of the lunar Mg-suite: The age of the lunar crust and its relation to the time of Moon formation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2024, 2014, Pages

  Carlson, Richard W ^a   Borg, Lars E ^b   Gaffney, Amy M ^b   Boyet, Maud ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Giant impact; Lunar crust age; Magma ocean; Mg suite; Moon formation

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; NEODYMIUM; RUBIDIUM;

GIANT IMPACT; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR CRUSTS; MAGMA OCEAN; MG-SUITE; SOURCE MATERIAL;

MOON;

EID: 84906308992     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0246     Document Type: Article

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