Petrography and geochemistry of five new Apollo 16 mare basalts and evidence for post-basin deposition of basaltic material at the site

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-284

  Zeigler, Ryan A ^a   Korotev, Randy L ^a   Haskin, Larry A ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Gillis, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MARE BASALT; MOON; PETROGRAPHY; SOURCE ROCK;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 33645466066     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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