Origin of sulfide replacement textures in lunar breccias. Implications for vapor element transport in the lunar crust

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 138-158

  Shearer, C K ^a   Burger, P V ^a   Guan, Y ^b   Papike, J J ^a   Sutton, S R ^c   Atudorei, N V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; BRECCIA; ELEMENT MOBILITY; EXSOLUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR SOIL; OLIVINE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SULFIDE; TROILITE;

EID: 84858275949     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.11.031     Document Type: Article

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