The nature and origin of rims on lunar soil grains

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2331-2341

  Keller, Lindsay P ^a   McKay, David S ^b  

^a MVA SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR REGOLITH; LUNAR SOIL; MOON; WEATHERING;

EID: 0030867121     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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