Oxidation states and ascent history of the Apollo 17 volcanic beads as inferred from metal-glass equilibria

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2765-2775

  Weitz, Catherine M ^a   Rutherford, Malcolm J ^a   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLLO 17; LUNAR ROCK; METAL/GLASS EQUILIBRIUM; OXIDATION; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 0031452110     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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