On the relationship between the Apollo 16 ancient regolith breccias and feldspathic fragmental breccias, and the composition of the prebasin crust in the Central Highlands of the Moon

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 403-412

  Korotev, Randyl ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLLO 16 LUNAR SITE; BASIN FORMATION; FELDSPATHIC FRAGMENTED BRECCIA; REGOLITH BRECCIA;

MOON, CENTRAL HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0029750664     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02078.x     Document Type: Article

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