Imbrium provenance for the Apollo 16 Descartes terrain: Argon ages and geochemistry of lunar breccias 67016 and 67455

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 763-783

  Norman, M D ^a,b   Duncan, R A ^c   Huard, J J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGASSING; EMPLACEMENT; LUNAR CRUST; PROVENANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 70649104689     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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