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  1. Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

    Jianzhong Liu & Dijun Guo

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  1. Prairie View A&M University, Houston, Texas, USA

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  1. Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, PR China

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  2. College of Geo-exploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China

    Shengbo Chen Dr.

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Liu, J., Guo, D. (2018). Lunar Geological Timescale. In: Cudnik, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lunar Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05546-6_63-1

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