Prolonged KREEP magmatism on the Moon indicated by the youngest dated lunar igneous rock

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 209-211

  Borg, Lars E ^a   Shearer, Charles K ^a   Asmerom, Yemane ^a   Papike, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MOON; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOLIDIFICATION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY; LUNAR MAGNETISM; MOLTEN LAYERS; PRIMORDIAL SOLIDIFICATION;

MAGNETISM;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; LANTHANIDE; OLIVINE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PYROXENE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; THORIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

IGNEOUS ROCK; MOON; SOLIDIFICATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HEAT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOLID;

EID: 9144269145     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03070     Document Type: Article

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