Prolonged Early Bombardment of the Inner Solar System from Ages of Lunar Samples

Norman, M.; Nemchin, Alexander

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Norman, M.

Nemchin, Alexander

Date

2012

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Conference Paper

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Norman, M. and Nemchin, A. 2012. Prolonged Early Bombardment of the Inner Solar System from Ages of Lunar Samples, in Proceedings of the 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Aug 12-17 2012, id 5401. Cairns, Australia: Lunar and Planetary Institute.

Source Title

METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Source Conference

75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society

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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2012/pdf/5401.pdf

ISSN

1086-9379

School

Department of Applied Geology

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30268

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

It appears that the Moon, and therefore also Mars and Earth, experienced an extended phase of post-accretionary heavy bombardment spanning ≥500 Ma rather than a single short, sharp spike of basin-forming impacts at 3.9 Ga.