Mineralogy and petrology of the LaPaz Icefield lunar mare basaltic meteorites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1703-1722

  Righter, Kevin ^a   Collins, S J ^b   Brandon, A D ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARE BASALT; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY;

EID: 31344479485     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00139.x     Document Type: Article

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