Anatexis of lunar cumulate mantle in time and space: Clues from trace-element, strontium, and neodymium isotopic chemistry of parental Apollo 12 basalts

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2731-2747

  Snyder, Gregory A ^a   Neal, Clive R ^b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; APOLLO 12; CUMULATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LUNAR MANTLE; MAGMA EVOLUTION; MARE BASALT;

EID: 0031451594     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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