"New" lunar meteorites: Implications for composition of the global lunar surface, lunar crust, and the bulk Moon

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 477-506

  Warren, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR METEORITE; MOON;

EID: 22144496480     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00395.x     Document Type: Review

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