Crystal-bearing lunar spherules: Impact melting of the Moon's crust and implications for the origin of meteoritic chondrules

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 173-192

  Ruzicka, Alex ^b,c   Snyder, Gregory A ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CHONDRULE; LUNAR CRUST; METEORITE;

EID: 0034033527     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01984.x     Document Type: Article

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