Microstructure, chemistry, and origin of grain rims on ilmenite from the lunar soil finest fraction

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 835-848

  Christoffersen, Roy ^a,b   Keller, Lindsay P ^c   Mckay, David S ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c MVA Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRAIN RIM; ILMENITE; LUNAR SOIL; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030434408     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02117.x     Document Type: Article

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