Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective

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Charles K. Shearer, Stephen M. Elardo, Noah E. Petro, Lars E. Borg and Francis M. McCubbin

American Mineralogist
doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4817 v. 100 no. 1 p. 294-325

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