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Petrology and chemistry of hyperferroan anorthosites and other clasts from lunar meteorite ALHA81005The results of petrographic and chemical studies of 11 previously undescribed clasts from the lunar meteorite Allan Hills A81005 are reported. The majority of lithic clasts in this regolith breccia are granular to cataclastic polymict breccias that are mixtures of ferroan anorthosites and troctolitic Mg-suite plutonic rocks with mg' greater than 84, An 97, and REE abundances consistent with those of known Mg-suite rocks. Clasts of appropriate Mg-suite end members have not been found in 81005, although magnesian olivine fragments are present. Impact-melt clasts similar in composition to bulk 81005 also occur. AH81005 is low in KREEP.
Document ID
19850035507
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Goodrich, C. A.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Taylor, G. J.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Keil, K.
(New Mexico, University Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Boynton, W. V.
(New Mexico Univ. Albuquerque, NM, United States)
Hill, D. H.
(Arizona, University Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
November 15, 1984
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research, Supplement
Volume: 89
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
85A17658
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-30
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF EAR-78-02708
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG9-37
Distribution Limits
Public
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