Lunar tungsten isotopic evidence for the late veneer

Thomas S. Kruijer (), Thorsten Kleine, Mario Fischer-Gödde and Peter Sprung
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Thomas S. Kruijer: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Thorsten Kleine: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Mario Fischer-Gödde: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, D-48149 Münster, Germany
Peter Sprung: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Strasse 10, D-48149 Münster, Germany

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7548, 534-537

Abstract: Precise measurements of the tungsten isotopic composition of lunar rocks show that the Moon exhibits a well-resolved excess of 182W of about 27 parts per million over the present-day Earth’s mantle: this excess is consistent with the expected 182W difference resulting from a late veneer with a total mass and composition inferred from previously measured highly siderophile elements.

Date: 2015
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