Northwest Africa 773: Lunar mare breccia with a shallow-formed olivine-cumulate component, inferred very-low-Ti (VLT) heritage, and a KREEP connection

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4857-4879

  Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Korotev, Randy L ^a   Zeigler, Ryan A ^a   Floss, Christine ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CLAST; CUMULATE; LUNAR METEORITE; OLIVINE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 0347577807     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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