Apollo 17 grey breccias and crustal composition in the Serenitatis Basin region

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Apr 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976lpsc....7.1821d&link_type=abstract

In: Lunar Science Conference, 7th, Houston, Tex., March 15-19, 1976, Proceedings. Volume 2. (A77-34651 15-91) New York, Pergamon

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Apollo 17 Flight, Breccia, Lunar Composition, Lunar Crust, Geochemistry, Impact Damage, Lithology, Metamorphism (Geology)

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It is noted that Apollo 17 grey breccias, as represented by 73235 and 73215, are texturally and compositionally similar mixtures of two clast-rich lithologies: coherent, very fine grained, dark matrix breccia and more porous, light matrix breccia. It is proposed that the breccias under consideration consist of primary Serenitatis ejecta, texturally modified by secondary impact mixing. When applied to a model of the Serenitatis impact event, unshocked clasts are interpreted as samples of the upper 25 km of the lunar crust with the coarser grained, shocked, plagioclase-rich clasts as material excavated from the lower crust.

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