Evolved mare basalt magmatism, high Mg/Fe feldspathic crust, chondritic impactors, and the petrogenesis of Antarctic lunar breccia meteorites Meteorite Hills 01210 and Pecora Escarpment 02007

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 5957-5989

  Day, James M D ^a   Floss, Christine ^b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Anand, Mahesh ^a,c   Patchen, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; LUNAR METEORITE; MARE BASALT; PETROGENESIS; REGOLITH;

PECORA; SPHERULES;

EID: 33845386790     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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