research article
Lithium behavior during cooling of a dry basalt: An ion-microprobe study of the lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 479 (NWA 479)
Northwest Africa 479 (NWA 479) is a lunar meteorite recovered in 2000 from Morocco. This unbrecciated low-Ti basalt is paired with NWA 032. The texture of NWA 032/479 indicates a simple crystallization history and a fast cooling, followed by an impact event. The occurrence of high-pressure polymorphs of olivine (ringwoodite and wadsleyite) in shock-melt veins indicates shock-pressures of at least 20 GPa.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000234413700017
Author(s)
Date Issued
2005
Published in
Volume
69
Start page
5597
End page
5609
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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OTHER
EPFL units
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September 29, 2011
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