The petrology of lunar rocks
Abstract
Numerous available data on lunar rocks are generalized. The mineralogy, chemistry, and petrology of highland and mare rocks are summarized. The principal features of rock geochemistry are discussed. Petrological hypotheses of the origin of lunar rocks are enumerated and their mutual inconsistencies are outlined. The important role of accretional impact processes in the formation of highland matter is emphasized.
- Publication:
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Astronomicheskii Vestnik
- Pub Date:
- December 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991AVest..25..686K
- Keywords:
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- Lunar Rocks;
- Mineralogy;
- Petrology;
- Regolith;
- Breccia;
- Impact Melts;
- Lunar Maria;
- Olivine;
- Pyroxenes;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration