Apollo 17 regolith, 71501,262: A record of impact events and mare volcanism in lunar glasses

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 839-851

  Zellner, N E B ^a   Delano, J W ^b   Swindle, T D ^c   Barra, F ^d,e   Olsen, E ^c   Whittet, D C B ^f  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^f Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

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EID: 70349587466     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00772.x     Document Type: Article

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