Lunar meteorite Queen Alexandra Range 93069 and the iron concentration of the lunar highlands surface

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 909-924

  Korotev, Randy L ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Rockow, Kaylynn M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LUNAR METEORITE; QUEEN ALEXANDRA RANGE 93069; REGOLITH BRECCIA;

EID: 0030428768     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02124.x     Document Type: Article

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