Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site

Details Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992ga17.conf...49r&link_type=abstract

In its Workshop on Geology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site p 49-50 (SEE N93-18786 06-91)

Computer Science

1

Breccia, Chemical Composition, Highlands, Impact Melts, Lithology, Lunar Geology, Lunar Rocks, Massifs, Petrology, Apollo 17 Flight, Lunar Landing Sites, Regolith

Scientific paper

Impact melt breccias are by far the most common highland rock type collected on the Apollo 17 mission. They tend to be fine grained, with virtually no clast-free impact melt rocks having been identified. All the highland boulders sampled are impact melt breccia, with the possible exception of one South Massif boulder that might have a friable matrix (but nonetheless consists dominantly of impact melt) and a shocked igneous norite boulder from the North Massif. The impact melt breccias were originally described as metaclastic, but their melt origin became apparent as work progressed. Chemical compositions appear to allow natural groupings of the impact melt breccias. Various groupings of the impact melt breccias are discussed.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Impact melt breccias at the Apollo 17 landing site will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1114614