Investigation into the petrogenesis of Apollo 14 high-Al basaltic melts through crystal stratigraphy of plagioclase

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6439-6460

  Hui, Hejiu ^a   Oshrin, Jocelyn G ^a   Neal, Clive R ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LUNAR CRUST; PETROGENESIS; PLAGIOCLASE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 80053171831     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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