Highly siderophile element depletion in the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 423, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-124

  Day, James M D ^a   Walker, Richard J ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Highly siderophile elements; Late accretion; Mare basalts; Moon; Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GALLIUM; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; LUNAR MISSIONS; METEORITES; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; RUTHENIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES;

CHONDRITE METEORITES; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE ACCRETIONS; MANTLE DIFFERENTIATION; OS ISOTOPES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REDUCING CONDITIONS;

MOON;

ACCRETION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR MANTLE; MARE BASALT; MOON; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

EID: 84929307347     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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