Lunar meteorite regolith breccias: An in situ study of impact melt composition using LA-ICP-MS with implications for the composition of the lunar crust

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 917-946

  Joy, Katherine H ^a,b,c,d   Crawford, Ian A ^a,e   Russell, Sara S ^b   Kearsley, Anton T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957297136     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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