Siderophile element constraints on the origin of the Moon

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

Volumn 372, Issue 2024, 2014, Pages

  Walker, Richard J ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Highly siderophile elements; Late accretion; Magma ocean; Moderately siderophile elements; Tungsten isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; LATE ACCRETIONS; MAGMA OCEAN; MOON-FORMING GIANT IMPACT; ORIGIN OF THE MOON; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS;

MOON;

EID: 84906319281     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0258     Document Type: Article

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