Anorthosite on the Lunar Nearside and Farside

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1025p&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1025

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Anorthosite: Lunar, Anorthosites, Farside, Nearside, South Pole: Aitken

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The distribution of anorthosite (rock composed of at least 90% plagioclase feldspar) on the lunar surface can provide important information regarding the geologic history of the Moon. Evidence suggests that the early Moon was covered by a magma ocean which differentiated as it crystallized, forming a plagioclase flotation crust and a cumulate pile of denser mafic minerals. Subsequent bombardment of the lunar surface has disrupted the original flotation crust, and most of the remnants have been obscured by more mafic deposits, but the distribution of the outcrops of pure anorthosite that have been identified holds important implications for the evolution of the lunar crust.

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