Whole rock major element chemistry of KREEP basalt clasts in lunar breccia 15205: Implications for the petrogenesis of volcanic KREEP basalts

Details Whole rock major element chemistry of KREEP basalt clasts in lunar breccia 15205: Implications for the petrogenesis of volcanic KREEP basalts Whole rock major element chemistry of KREEP basalt clasts in lunar breccia 15205: Implications for the petrogenesis of volcanic KREEP basalts

May 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993bvapcreptq....v&link_type=abstract

In South Carolina Univ., Basaltic Volcanism and Ancient Planetary Crusts 4 p (SEE N94-24363 06-91)

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Basalt, Breccia, Chemical Composition, Geochemistry, Kreep, Lunar Crust, Lunar Soil, Mineralogy, Petrology, Regolith, Apollo 15 Flight, Fractionation, Igneous Rocks, Lunar Evolution, Selenology, Volcanology

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KREEP basalts are a major component of soils and regolith at the Apollo 15 site. Their origin is controversial: both endogenous (volcanic) and exogenous (impact melt) processes have been proposed, but it is now generally agreed that KREEP basalts are volcanic rocks derived from the nearby Apennine Bench formation. Because most pristine KREEP basalts are found only as small clasts in polymict lunar breccias, reliable chemical data are scarce. The primary aim of this study is to characterize the range in chemical composition of pristine KREEP basalt, and to use these data to decipher the petrogenesis of these unique volcanic rocks.

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