Apollo 14 Oldest Mare Basalt Revisited: Possible Petrogenetic Connection between Mg Gabbronorite and Vhk

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  • BASALT. T. Arai
  • H. Takeda
  • M. Miyamoto
  • H. Kojima
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Ferroan anorthosite VHK basalt Oldest basalt APOLLO 14 OLDEST MARE BASALT REVISITED: POSSIBLE PETROGENETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN MG GABBRONORITE AND VHK BASALT. T. Arai, H. Takeda, M. Miyamoto, and H. Kojima, Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 1-9-10 Kaga Itabashi Tokyo 173-8515, Japan, [email protected], Research Institute, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba, 275-0016, Japan. 3 Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113-0013, Japan.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006