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Science 3 November 1967:
Vol. 158. no. 3801, pp. 641 - 642
DOI: 10.1126/science.158.3801.641
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Surveyor V: Discussion of Chemical Analysis

D. E. Gault 1, J. B. Adams 2, R. J. Collins 3, J. Green 4, G. P. Kuiper 5, H. Mazursky 6, J. A. O'Keefe 7, R. A. Phinney 8, and E. M. Shoemaker 6

1 NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
3 University of Minnesota
4 Douglas Advanced Research Laboratory
5 University of Arizona
6 U.S. Geological Survey
7 NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center
8 Princeton University

Material of basaltic composition at the Surveyor V landing site implies that differentiation has occurred in the moon, probably due to internal sources of heat. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that extensive volcanic flows have been responsible for flooding and filling the mare basins. The processes and products of lunar magmatic activity are apparently similar to those of the earth.


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