Petrogenesis and chronology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4472: A KREEPy regolith breccia from the Moon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2420-2452

  Joy, K H ^a,b,c,d,e   Burgess, R ^f   Hinton, R ^g   Fernandes, V A ^f,h,i,j   Crawford, I A ^a,b   Kearsley, A T ^c   Irving, A J ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h Berkeley Geochronology Centre   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CLAST; CRATER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHIC FRAGMENT; LUNAR METEORITE; MAGMATISM; MARE BASALT; MOON; PETROGENESIS; PROTOLITH; REGOLITH; TERRANE;

AFRICA;

EID: 79953202119     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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