Thermal history recorded by the Apollo 17 impact melt breccia 73217

Lunar breccia 73217 is composed of plagioclase and pyroxene clasts originating from a single gabbronorite intrusion, mixed with a silica-rich glass interpreted to represent an impact melt. A study of accessory minerals in a thin section from this breccia (73217,52) identified three different types o...

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Main Authors: Grange, Marion, Nemchin, Alexander, Pidgeon, Robert, Timms, Nicholas Eric, Muhling, J., Kennedy, Allen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25642