A spectroscopic survey of metallic species abundances in the lunar atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 530-536

  Flynn, B C ^a   Stern, S A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0030525309     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0228     Document Type: Article

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