Ascent and eruption of a lunar high-titanium magma as inferred from the petrology of the 74001/2 drill core

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 527-540

  Weitz, Catherine M ^a,c   Rutherford, Malcolm J ^a   Head III, James W ^a   McKay, David S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; MOON; PETROLOGY;

EID: 0033165702     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01361.x     Document Type: Article

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