Experiments on the Apollo 15 Red Glass: New Constraints on Melting Depth and Tio2 Melt Contents of Ilmenite Saturated Residues
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TIO2 MELT CONTENTS OF ILMENITE SATURATED RESIDUES. T. L. Grove, N. Chatterjee, S. J. Singletary and J. W. Delano, Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 54-1220, Cambridge, MA 02139, [email protected], Dept. of Natural Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC 28301, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY 12222.
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