Stratigraphy of the lunar highland crust: Depths of burial of lunar samples from cooling-rate studies

American Mineralogist

Volumn 81, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 1166-1175

  Mccallum, I S ^a   O'Brien, Hugh E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; MAGNESIA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES;

CATION ORDERING; CURRENT MODELS; IMPACT CRATERING; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLUTONIC ROCKS; SIMPLE MODELING; THERMAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL HISTORY;

MOON;

ANORTHOSITE; BURIAL DEPTH; COOLING RATE; LUNAR STRATIGRAPHY;

MOON;

EID: 0030430857     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1996-9-1015     Document Type: Article

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