Geochemistry, petrology, and cooling history of 14161,7373: A plutonic lunar sample with textural evidence of granitic-fraction separation by silicate-liquid immiscibility

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 821-837

  Jolliff, B L ^a   Floss, C ^a   McCallum, I S ^b   Schwartz, J M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; COOLING; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; RARE EARTHS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CO-CRYSTALLIZATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; COOLING HISTORY; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; ION MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; LAMELLA INTERFACES; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SILICATE LIQUIDS;

MOON;

COOLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMMISCIBILITY; MOON; PETROLOGY;

EID: 0032700994     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-5-616     Document Type: Article

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