Research ArticleSPACE SCIENCES
Refining lunar impact chronology through high spatial resolution 40Ar/39Ar dating of impact melts
- Cameron M. Mercer1,*,
- Kelsey E. Young1,†,
- John R. Weirich1,‡,
- Kip V. Hodges1,
- Bradley L. Jolliff2,
- Jo-Anne Wartho1,§ and
- Matthijs C. van Soest1
- 1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
- 2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author: E-mail: cameron.m.mercer{at}asu.edu
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↵† Present address: Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Code 698, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
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↵‡ Present address: Centre for Planetary and Space Exploration, Department of Earth Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
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↵§ Present address: GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1-3, D-24148 Kiel, Germany.
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Science Advances 12 Feb 2015:
Vol. 1, no. 1, e1400050
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400050
Vol. 1, no. 1, e1400050
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400050
Cameron M. Mercer
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Kelsey E. Young
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
John R. Weirich
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Kip V. Hodges
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Bradley L. Jolliff
2Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Jo-Anne Wartho
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Matthijs C. van Soest
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.