Sources of Mineral Fragments in Impact Melts 15445 and 15455: Toward the Origin of Low-K Fra Mauro Basalt
Sources of Mineral Fragments in Impact Melts 15445 and 15455: Toward the Origin of Low-K Fra Mauro Basalt
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1991
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Spudis, Paul D.
Ryder, Graham
Taylor, G. Jeffrey, 1944-
McCormick, K. A.
Keil, Klaus
Grieve, Richard A. F.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9471-3359
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-0417
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Lunar and Planetary Institute
Abstract
The low-K Fra Mauro (LKFM) basalt composition is common among the melt breccias sampled by the Apollo missions to the lunar highlands. We analyzed major and minor elements in mineral clasts in the lunar LKFM impact melts 15445 and 15455, which may represent Imbrium Basin impact melt, to determine their provenance.
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Lunar surface samples,
Lunar petrology,
Basalt
Citation
Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Science, Volume 21, pp. 151-165 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, 1991