Distribution and modes of occurrence of lunar anorthosite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Hawke, B R ^a   Peterson, C A ^a   Blewett, D T ^b   Bussey, D B J ^c   Lucey, P G ^a   Taylor, G J ^a   Spudis, P D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NovaSol   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Basin rings; Lunar crust; Lunar impact basis; Magma ocean; South Pole Aitken basin

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; LUNAR CRUST; MOON; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0141453045     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001890     Document Type: Article

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