Comparative petrology, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of evolved, low-Ti lunar mare basalt meteorites from the LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1581-1600

  Day, James M D ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Floss, Christine ^b   Patchen, Allan D ^a   Schnare, Darren W ^a   Pearson, D Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; MOON;

EID: 33644620907     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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