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Evolved hypabyssal rocks from Station 7, Apennine Front, Apollo 15Three 4-10-mm coarse fines cataclasized particles from Station 7 on the Apennine Front, Apollo 15, have mineral phases and compositions similar to those in the quartz monzodiorites in 15405, from Station 6a. The chemical analyses of the Station 7 particles have lower trace-element abundances and flatter rare earth element patterns, and there is considerable disagreement among and between mineral norms and modes. The zoning of pyroxenes and the nature of their exsolution strongly suggest a common origin of the three particles and 15405 quartz monzodiorites in a hypabyssal environment. The differences then are a result of short-range differences in igneous modes considerably exaggereted by unrepresentative sampling of coarse rocks in small fragments. The parent hypabyssal rocks crystallized (4.35 Ga ago?) by fractionation of a poorly defined KREEP basalt magma, before the residual liquid reached any field of immiscibility. An impact event, possibly that forming Aristillus, ejected the upper levels of the bypabyssal intrusion, some of the ejecta spraying the Apennine Front.
Document ID
19910057718
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ryder, G.
(Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, TX, United States)
Martinez, R. R.
(Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 12, 1990
End Date: March 16, 1990
Accession Number
91A42341
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASW-4066
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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