Lunar Anorthosites and the Magma Ocean Concept Lunar anorthosites are thought to have crystallized in a global magma system to form the primary lunar crust.
Elles peuvent tre coup es par une surface d' rosion ou mises en relief par l' rosion ... pour tre qualifi es de batholites. Ils appartiennent plut t la cat gorie des stocks. ...
6 lunar landings. 12 people walked on the Moon (and played golf) 850 pounds of rocks ... near side landings. Lunar rover. Lunar Rocks. Basalts. Anorthosites ...
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Chapter 15B Proterozoic Terrane 2.5 to 0.57 Gy old Basaltic intrusions Anorthosite massifs Linear belt overprints Basaltic Intrusions Dike swarms are common Suggest ...
... melting which only produces specific eutectic or peritectic compositions. ... Binary Eutectic and Peritectic Systems. Layered Gabbroic Intrusions ...
Magmatic differentiation Differentiation: crystallization of a magma Determine cogenetic relationships between magmas (lavas) Determine least fractionated, parental ...
Increasing tectonic evidence suggesting they are related to periods of major ... Profound implications for plate tectonics sea-floor spreading and subduction ...
THE PRIMORDIAL EARTH Hadean and Archean Eons Evidence of Anoxia Lack of oxidized iron in the oldest sedimentary rocks. Urananite and pyrite are readily oxidized today ...
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Obtain information on the combined evolution of Baltic-Greenland in the Archaean. Archaean alkaline complexes are rare worldwide and in Greenland and the Baltic ...
... Imbrium) - basalt. already known ... Basalts are younger than the Highlands ... the olivine (similar to basalt) sinks and is then remelted when the large basins ...
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Title: SOLUTION FOR THE EARTH Author: Guy Antoine Arbour Description: A presentation of SECURAD for use in the US, modified by Daniel Brown on June 26, 2002
Mare - Dark, smooth lava filled regions. Highlands - lighter colored, rough terrain ... Thinner crust on Near Side allows formation of Mare. Gravity of the Moon ...
Asteroid Vesta (540 km diameter) is a candidate for the EPB as its surface is ... Asteroid Vesta - Eucrite Parent Body? From: B. Zellner and NASA. Spectroscopy ...
10-1 The nature of the Moon's surface. 10-2 The story of human exploration ... of the lunar rock samples are igneous rocks formed largely of minerals found in ...
Nomenclature of some alkaline igneous rocks (mostly volcanic/hypabyssal) ... become less dense than the crust above and rise as crystal mush plutons. ...
Evolution of oxygen fugacity with crystallization in the Bjerkreim-Sokndal layered intrusion (Rogaland, Norway) J-C DUCHESNE, B CHARLIER & J VANDER AUWERA
May have an accompanying Metamorphic Cycles with one or more Reaction Events ... Area (C) begins new subduction zone with thrusting and folding migrating toward ...
describe general physical properties of ... describe the effect of tides on the Earth-Moon system. ... An album by Pink Floyd is titled 'Dark Side of the Moon. ...
The Moon and Mercury: Airless Worlds Guidepost Guidepost (continued) Outline The Moon: The View from Earth Lunar Surface Features Highlands and Lowlands The Highlands ...
During the cooling process of intermediate compositions, a natural texture of perthite forms in alkali feldspar while following from the exsolution of multiple compositions of alkali feldspar.
Landscapes of New York Take Us Home! What NYS Landscape do we live in? Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands Notice the layering in the rocks Conglomerate rock from the Catskills.
Key Terms anorthosite capture theory cocreation theory collision-ejection theory continental drift convection core coronal mass ejection crust dynamo theory ejecta ...
... the nearest tidal bulge causes the Earth's day to grow longer by 20 secs ... In the past, a Earth day was as short as six hours, and a lunar orbit (month) ...
Siklus Batuan Distribusi batuan PETROLOGI BATUAN BEKU Batuan beku adalah batuan yang terbentuk akibat membekunya magma pada waktu perjalanannya ke permukaan bumi.
Guidepost The two preceding chapters have been preparation for the exploration of the planets. In this chapter, we begin that detailed study with two goals in mind.
STRUCTURAL STATE OF PLAGIOCLASE PHENOCRYSTS IN PORPHYRITIC ROCKS OF THE MIDCONTINENT RIFT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA Damion Knudsen and Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat
St. Lawrence Lowlands Ordovician Sedimentary Limestones, shales, sandstones, dollostones Lowlands . Title: Slide 1 Author: Island Trees High School Last modified by:
The Moon What We See Where We ve Been The Big Features Oceanus (ocean) Maria (Mare) (sea) Craters Highlands bright, cratered regions Lowlands/Maria dark ...
Equilibrium Crystallization Sequence Crystallization sequences for two proposed lunar bulk compositions, one rich in refractory elements compared to Earth ...
between roughly -50 and 60 C. THE PRIMORDIAL EARTH. Hadean and Archean Eons ... Singular = Mare, plural= Maria. Large, dark areas. Covered with basaltic lava flows ...
either large tholeitic basaltic provinces (CFB = Continental Flood Basalts) ... CO2 (modified by Freestone and Hamilton, 1980, to incorporate K2O, MgO, FeO, and ...
Chapter 12: Layered Mafic Intrusions Table 12.1. Some Principal Layered Mafic Intrusions 2 (km) Area Name Age Location Bushveld Precambrian S. Africa 66,000
... To determine whether acidophilic microbes will free up the elements needed to grow plants in lunar regolith simulant Plants: ... silicon, and potassium when ...
THE BUSHVELD COMPLEX: DYNAMIC PROCESSES AT ALL SCALES ... Chromium Great Dyke, Bushveld Antimony Murchison. Gold Witwatersrand Copper Various, e.g. O'Kiep, ...