Ages of crystalline rocks from fra mauro.
Crystallization ages for six rocks from Fra Mauro have been measured by the argon-40-argon-39 method. All six rocks give an age of 3.77 +/- 0.15 x 10(9) years, which is the same as for fragmental rocks from this site. It is concluded that the Imbrium event and the crystallization of a significant portion of the pre-Imbrian basalts were essentially contemporaneous.
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Sutter
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Schaeffer
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