Late-stage magmatic outgassing from a volatile-depleted Moon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 36, 2017, Pages 9547-9551

  Day, James M D ^a,b   Moynier, Frédéric ^b,c   Shearer, Charles K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensates; Magma ocean; Moon; Rusty Rock; Volatile poor

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; LEAD; POTASSIUM; URANIUM; VOLATILE AGENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; VAPOR;

EID: 85029222683     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708236114     Document Type: Article

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