A sample of the Moon’s far side retrieved by Chang’e-6 contains 2.83-billion-year-old basalt
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“A sample of the Moon’s far side retrieved by Chang’e-6 contains 2.83-billion-year-old basalt”
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Chang'e-6 mission · lunar far side · South Pole-Aitken basin · lead-lead isotope dating · rubidium-strontium isotope dating · low-titanium basalt · Late-stage lunar volcanism · lunar crater chronology · KREEP · strontium isotopes · neodymium isotopes · lead isotopes · depleted lunar mantle source · incompatible elements · sample return mission · farside-nearside dichotomy
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/geology-and-paleoclimatology-research/2026. Accessed 2026-07-31. Methodology Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459