Global petrologic variations of the Moon: A ternary-diagram approach

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May 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept..152d&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 152-154 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)

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Geophysics

Chemical Elements, Diagrams, Lunar Crust, Lunar Geology, Lunar Maps, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Soil, Lunar Surface, Moon, Petrology, Variations, Chemical Composition, Color, Data Bases, Remote Sensing

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A ternary-diagram approach is used to show on a single map as much detailed geochemical information concerning petrologic variations within the lunar crust as is possible. The classification map shows the global spatial distributions of end-member compositions, the transitional spatial relations between end-member compositions, and quantitative estimates of relative proportions of each end member at each pixel location within the orbital groundtracks. The use of elemental ratios in this analysis, instead of the commonly used elemental bivariate diagrams, shows geologic information that is otherwise hidden in individual elemental databases.

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