Mantle Sources of Lunar Volcanism in the Ocean of Storms: Evidence from Trace-Element and Nd Isotopic Chemistry of Fine-Grained Basalts at Apollo 12
MANTLE SOURCES OF LUNAR VOLCANISM IN THE OCEAN OF STORMS: EVIDENCE FROM TRACE-ELEMENT AND Nd ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY OF FINEGRAINED BASALTS AT APOLLO 12 -Gregory A. Snyder1, Clive R. Neal2, Lawrence A. ~ay lor l ; and Alex N. Halliday3; l~ lanetary Geosciences Institute, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996; 2 ~ e p t . of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46645; Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48 109. In an effort to follow the processes of mantle melting Table 1: Whole-rock ChemiSt~ ( P P ~ ) of Awllo 12 FG Basalts