Compositional diversity at Theophilus Crater: Understanding the geological context of Mg-spinel bearing central peaks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dhingra, D ^a   Pieters, C M ^a   Boardman, J W ^b   Head, J W ^a   Isaacson, P J ^a   Taylor, L A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOON; OLIVINE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL PEAKS; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INNER RINGS; TARGET REGIONS;

LITHOLOGY;

ANORTHOSITE; CRATER; LITHOLOGY; LUNAR CRUST; MAGNESIUM; MINERALOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; SPINEL;

EID: 79958122436     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047314     Document Type: Article

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