Iron and Titanium Abundance and Maturity Degree Distribution on the Lunar Nearside

Icarus

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-234

  Shkuratov, Yurij G ^a   Kaydash, Vadym G ^a   Opanasenko, Nickolaj V ^a  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Fe and Ti abundance; Lunar nearside; Maturity degree; Optical characteristics of regolith

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000380281     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6046     Document Type: Article

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