FeO and TiO2 concentrations in the South Pole-Aitken basin: Implications for mantle composition and basin formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E2, 1998, Pages 3701-3708

  Lucey, Paul G ^a   Taylor, G Jeffrey ^a   Hawke, B Ray ^a   Spudis, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL MAPPING; SPECTROSCOPY;

MOON, SOUTH POLE-AITKEN;

EID: 0001064423     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE03146     Document Type: Article

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