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Zircons as a Probe of Early Luanr History

Carolyn A. Crow, Kevin D McKeegan, Jamie D. Gilmour, S A Crowther, D J Talor

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Zircons are ideal for investigating the early lunar bombardment because we can measure both U-Pb crystallization ages and fissiongenic Xe degassing ages for the same crystal. We report U-Pb, Pb-Pb and U-Xe ages for three lunar zircons.

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Zircons are ideal for investigating the early lunar bombardment because we can measure both U-Pb crystallization ages and fissiongenic Xe degassing ages for the same crystal. We report U-Pb, Pb-Pb and U-Xe ages for three lunar zircons.

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Zircons are ideal for investigating the early lunar bombardment because we can measure both U-Pb crystallization ages and fissiongenic Xe degassing ages for the same crystal. We report U-Pb, Pb-Pb and U-Xe ages for three lunar zircons.

Key concepts: Geology, Zircon, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Ideal (ethics), Astrobiology, Archaeology, Geography

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