Mg-spinel lithology: A new rock type on the lunar farside

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Pieters, C M ^a   Besse, S ^b   Boardman, J ^c   Buratti, B ^d   Cheek, L ^a   Clark, R N ^e   Combe, J P ^f   Dhingra, D ^a   Goswami, J N ^g   Green, R O ^d   Head, J W ^a   Isaacson, P ^a   Klima, R ^h   Kramer, G ^f   Lundeen, S ^d   Malaret, E ⁱ   McCord, T ^f   Mustard, J ^a   Nettles, J ^a   Petro, N ^j   Runyon, C ^k   Staid, M ^l   Sunshine, J ^b   Taylor, L A ^m   Thaisen, K ^m   Tompkins, S ⁿ   Whitten, J ^a   more..

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Box 667   (United States)

^g INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Applied Coherent Technology   (United States)

^j NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^k Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^l Planetary Sciences Institute   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁿ DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; HARZBURGITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOLOGY; LUNAR CRUST; MAGNESIUM; MOON; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENITE; SPINEL;

EID: 79955050266     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003727     Document Type: Article

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