Chemical variation of the large apollo 15 olivine-normative mare basalt rock samples

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E1, 2001, Pages 1435-1451

  Ryder, Graham ^a   Schuraytz, Benjamin C ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MOON;

EID: 0035044104     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001368     Document Type: Article

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