A chronometer for Earth's age

John Chambers ()
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John Chambers: Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC 20015, USA.

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7494, 51-52

Abstract: Simulations of Earth's growth show a correlation between the timing of the Moon's formation and the amount of mass that Earth accreted afterwards. This relationship provides a way of measuring the age of our planet. See Letter p.84

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/508051a

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