Chronology of dimict breccias and the age of South Ray crater aMhe Apollo 16 site

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-391

  Eugster, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; BRECCIA; CATACLASITE; LUNAR CRUST; METEORITE; MOON;

EID: 0033134206     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01347.x     Document Type: Article

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