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Papers presented to the Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust : 14 - 16 November 1979
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| dc.coverage.spatial | Moon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-11T22:04:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-07-11T22:04:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1979 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1283 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The conference covered mission objectives for geological exploration of the Apollo 16 landing site, classification and nomenclature of lunar highland rocks, origins of pristine crustal rocks, samples for the earliest lunar crust, the cordierite to spinel transition in the formation of the crust, and dropping stones in magma oceans. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Compiled by the Lunar and Planetary Institute | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | PARTIAL CONTENTS: Chemical Diversity of the Lunar Light Plains from Orbital X- ray Data / C. G. Andre, T. A. Maxwell, F. El -Baz, and I. Adler--Pristine Primary Crustal Rocks or Secondary Plutonic Rocks? / A. B. Binder--Comparison and Synthesis of the Wood and Binder Models for the Formation of the Crust in a Convecting Magma System / A. B. Binder and M. A. Lange--Early Lunar History Recorded by Norite 782--R. W. Carlson and G. W. Lugmair--Lateral Heterogeneity of the Lunar Eastern Limb / J. Conca--Role of Basin Ejecta in Highland Stratigraphy / R. A. De Hon--Petrology of Lunar Rock 66095: Impliaations for the Genesis of Highland Basalt and the Stratigraphy of the Apollo 16 Landing Site / J. R. Garrison , Jr. and L. A. Taylor--Distribution and Ages of Light - Colored Plains on the Moon / A. W. Gifford and F. El-Baz--Lunar Crustal Structure Beneath the Apollo Seismic Stations / N. R. Goins, A. M. Dainty, and M. N. Toksoz--Cratering Record : Processes and Effects / R. A. F. Grieve--Pressure - Temperature Estimates of Spinel Cataclasites: Comparison of Experimental Results in Complex and Simple Systems / T. L. Grove, A. E. Bence, and D. H. Lindsley. | |
| dc.format.extent | x, 210 pages | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Lunar and Planetary Institute | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | LPI contribution ; no. 394 | |
| dc.subject | Lunar geology--Congresses | en |
| dc.subject | Lunar stratigraphy--Congresses | en |
| dc.title | Papers presented to the Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust : 14 - 16 November 1979 | en |
| dc.type | Book | en |
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