The petrology and geochemistry of Miller Range 05035: A new lunar gabbroic meteorite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3822-3844

  Joy, K H ^a,b,c   Crawford, I A ^a   Anand, M ^b,d   Greenwood, R C ^d   Franchi, I A ^d   Russell, S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FELDSPAR; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA FLOW; LUNAR METEORITE; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE;

EID: 47049099818     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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