Geochemistry and petrology of lunar meteorite Queen Alexandra Range 94281, a mixed mare and highland regolith breccia, with special emphasis on very-low-titanium mafic components

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 581-601

  Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Korotev, Randy L ^a   Rockow, Kaylynn M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LUNAR METEORITE; PETROLOGY; QUEEN ALEXANDRA RANGE 94281;

EID: 0031794064     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01666.x     Document Type: Article

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