Integrated Spectral Analysis of Mare Soils and Craters: Applications to Eastern Nearside Basalts

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-139

  Staid, Matthew I ^a   Pieters, Carle M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Moon; Regoliths; Spectroscopy; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000607432     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6319     Document Type: Article

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