| Title: |
Pinpointing the source of a lunar meteorite: implications for the evolution of the moon |
| Authors: |
Gnos, Edwin; Hofmann, Beda A.; Al-Kathiri, Ali; Lorenzetti, Silvio; Eugster, Otto; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Villa, Igor M.; Jull, A.J. Timothy; Eikenberg, Jost; Spettel, Bernhard; Krahenbuhl, Urs; Franchi, Ian A.; Greenwood, Richard C. |
| Publication Year: |
2004 |
| Collection: |
The Open University: Open Research Online (ORO) |
| Description: |
The lunar meteorite Sayh al Uhaymir 169 consists of an impact melt breccia extremely enriched with potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus [thorium, 32.7 parts per million (ppm); uranium, 8.6 ppm; potassium oxide, 0.54 weight percent], and adherent regolith. The isotope systematics of the meteorite record four lunar impact events at 3909 ± 13 million years ago (Ma), 2800 Ma, 200 Ma, and |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
Gnos, Edwin; Hofmann, Beda A.; Al-Kathiri, Ali; Lorenzetti, Silvio; Eugster, Otto; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Villa, Igor M.; Jull, A.J. Timothy; Eikenberg, Jost; Spettel, Bernhard; Krahenbuhl, Urs; Franchi, Ian A. and Greenwood, Richard C. (2004). Pinpointing the source of a lunar meteorite: implications for the evolution of the moon. Science, 305(5684) pp. 657–659. |
| Availability: |
https://oro.open.ac.uk/5360/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EE14BFE7 |
| Database: |
BASE |