Anorthosite formation by plagioclase flotation in ferrobasalt and implications for the lunar crust

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4998-5018

  Namur, Olivier ^a   Charlier, Bernard ^b   Pirard, Cassian ^c   Hermann, Jörg ^c   Liégeois, Jean Paul ^d   Auwera, Jacqueline Vander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LUNAR CRUST; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLAGIOCLASE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79961173456     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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