Planetary crusts - A comparative review

Abstract

This paper brings up to date the references and ideas in the review 'Mineralogy of the Planets - A Voyage in Space and Time', and selects properties of planetary crusts which have special significance for the origin of the lunar highlands crust. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects caused by absence of atmophile volatiles in lunar rocks, and on the use of lunar impact chronology to place constraints on development of crusts on other planets.