Hf-W chronometry of lunar metals and the age and early differentiation of the Moon.
The use of hafnium-tungsten chronometry to date the Moon is hampered by cosmogenic tungsten-182 production mainly by neutron capture of tantalum-181 at the lunar surface. We report tungsten isotope data for lunar metals, which contain no 181Ta-derived cosmogenic 182W. The data reveal differences in...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2005
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