Lunar Spinel Anorthosites : Updated Constraints from Enthalpy
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A. H. Treiman, J. Gross, M. J. Kulis, and A. F. Glazner. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston TX 77058 [email protected]. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd., Piscataway NJ 08854, [email protected]. Extreme Environments Laboratory, NASA Glenn Research Center, 2100 Brookpark Road Cleveland, OH 44135, [email protected]. Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Campus Box #3315 Chapel Hill, NC 27599, [email protected].
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