The age of the Fra Mauro formation: A radiometric older limit

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Abstract

The internal Rb-Sr age of a 0.17 g basaltic clast from an Apollo 14 breccia is 4.15 ± 0.10 by. This limits the Imbrium event to not older than 4.25 by on current interpretations of lunar stratigraphy. © 1971.

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Compston, W., Vernon, M. J., Berry, H., & Rudowski, R. (1971). The age of the Fra Mauro formation: A radiometric older limit. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 12(1), 55–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(71)90054-9

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