Magnesian anorthosites and a deep crustal rock from the farside crust of the moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 171-184

  Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, A ^b   Bogard, D D ^c   Karouji, Y ^d   Ebihara, M ^d   Ohtake, M ^e   Saiki, K ^f   Arai, T ^b  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

anorthosite; lunar farside; lunar meteorite; magma ocean; spinel troctolite

Indexed keywords

DEEP CRUSTAL ROCK; FERROAN ANORTHOSITE (FAN); LUNAR METEORITES; MAGNESIAN ANORTHOSITES; SPINEL TROCTOLITE;

LUNAR MISSIONS; METEORITES; MINERALOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ANORTHOSITE; BRECCIA; CRUST; LUNAR METEORITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; THORIUM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33745686576     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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