Thorium abundances of basalt ponds in South Pole-Aitken basin: Insights into the composition and evolution of the far side lunar mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Hagerty, J J ^a   Lawrence, D J ^b   Hawke, B R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THORIUM;

EID: 79958094916     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003723     Document Type: Article

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