The source region and melting mineralogy of high-titanium and low-titanium lunar basalts deduced from Lu-Hf isotope data

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-544

  Beard, Brian L ^a,b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Scherer, Erik E ^c   Johnson, Clark M ^b   Snyder, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LUNAR ROCK; TITANIUM;

EID: 0031823760     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00373-6     Document Type: Article

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