The great lunar hot spot and the composition and origin of the Apollo mafic ("LKFM") impact-melt breccias

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E2, 2000, Pages 4317-4345

  Korotev, Randy L ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; HOT SPOT; IMPACT; MELT; MOON;

EID: 0033777501     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001063     Document Type: Article

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