Mineralogy of the mafic anomaly in the South Pole-Aitken Basin: Implications for excavation of the lunar mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1903-1906

  Pieters, C M ^a   Tompkins, S ^a,b   Head, J W ^a   Hess, P C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; POLES; SILICATE MINERALS;

LUNAR MANTLE; MAFIC ANOMALY;

MOON; MINERALS;

LUNAR MANTLE; MAFIC ROCK; MINERALOGY;

MOON, SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASIN;

BASIN FORMATION; CLINOPYROXENES; COLOR IMAGES; EXTENSIVE MELTING; IMPACT BASINS; OLIVINE-RICH MATERIALS; SOUTH POLE-AITKEN BASINS; TARGET MATERIALS;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 0031200884     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01718     Document Type: Article

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