Antarctic lunar meteorites Yamato-793169, Asuka-881757, MIL 05035, and MET 01210 (YAMM): Launch pairing and possible cryptomare origin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2231-2248

  Arai, Tomoko ^a,b   Ray Hawke, B ^c   Giguere, Thomas A ^c,d   Misawa, Keiji ^b,e   Miyamoto, Masamichi ^f   Kojima, Hideyasu ^b,e  

^a CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Intergraph Corp   (United States)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LUNAR METEORITE; MARE BASALT; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH;

EID: 76949094510     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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