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Apollo 17 high-Ti mare basalts - New bulk compositional data, magma types, and petrogenesis

R. D. Warner, G. J. Taylor, G. H. Conrad, H. Roy Northrop, S. Barker, K. Keil, M.-S. Ma, R. Schmitt

Abstract

Bulk compositional and mineral chemical data for 28 previously unanalyzed samples support the classification of Apollo-17 high-Ti mare basalts into three-types (A, B, and C), defined on the basis of analyses of fine-grained basalts. The most MgO- and TiO2-rich fine-grained basalts of these types appear to be the best choices for representing the compositions of the parent magmas.

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Key concepts: Basalt, Petrogenesis, Geology, Magma, Geochemistry, Petrology, Volcano