Chronology, geochemistry, and petrology of a ferroan noritic anorthosite clast from Descartes breccia 67215: Clues to the age, origin, structure, and impact history of the lunar crust

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 645-661

  Norman, Marc D ^a   Borg, Lars E ^b   Nyquist, Lawrence E ^c   Bogard, Donald D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLAST; GEOCHEMISTRY; LUNAR CRUST; PETROLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0141723657     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00031.x     Document Type: Article

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