Feldspathic Mare Basalts at the Appollo 17 landing site, Taurus-Littrow

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1401-1427

  O'Hara, M J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cotectic; Lithic fragment; Lunar; Regolith; Target rock

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FELDSPAR; LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; MOON; PETROLOGY;

EID: 0034909340     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/42.8.1401     Document Type: Article

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