Lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 287B: A record of lunar volcanism

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-514

  Demidova, S I ^a   Nazarov, M A ^a   Anand, M ^b   Taylor, L A ^b  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BRECCIA; LUNAR METEORITE; PETROLOGY; REGOLITH; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0141500260     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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