A new model of lunar crust: asymmetry in crustal composition and evolution

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-444

  Arai, Tomoko ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^b   Yamaguchi, Akira ^a,c   Ohtake, Makiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cristal evolution; KAGUYA; Lunar meteorites; Moon

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANULITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR METEORITE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MINERALOGY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEORITE; MOON;

EID: 46849092982     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352808     Document Type: Article

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