Massive layer of pure anorthosite on the Moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Yamamoto, S ^a   Nakamura, R ^b   Matsunaga, T ^a   Ogawa, Y ^c   Ishihara, Y ^a   Morota, T ^d   Hirata, N ^c   Ohtake, M ^e   Hiroi, T ^f   Yokota, Y ^a   Haruyama, J ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE;

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; IMPACT STRUCTURES; MAGMA OCEAN; MASSIVE PRODUCTION; MIXED LAYER; NORTH POLAR REGION; OLIVINE-RICH MATERIALS;

MOON;

ANORTHOSITE; LUNAR CRUST; MAGMA; MIXED LAYER; MOON; OLIVINE; PEROXYACETYL NITRATE; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; TERRAIN; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 84863904188     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052098     Document Type: Article

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