Formation of anorthosite on the Moon through magma ocean fractional crystallization
Lunar anorthosite is a major rock of the lunar highlands, which formed as a result of plagioclase-floatation in the lunar magma ocean (LMO). Constraints on the sufficient conditions that resulted in the formation of a thick pure anorthosite (mode of plagioclase >95 vol.%) is a key to reveal the e...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-03-01
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Series: | Geoscience Frontiers |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987116302043 |