The case for an Imbrium origin of the Apollo thorium-rich impact-melt breccias

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 959-975

  Haskin, Larry A ^a   Korotev, Randy L ^a   Rockow, Kaylynn M ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breccia; Impact structure; Moon

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOON;

EID: 0032469834     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01703.x     Document Type: Article

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