Compositional analysis of the orientale basin using full resolution clementine data: Some preliminary results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-448

  Bussey, D B J ^a   Spudis, P D ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

CLEMENTINE; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; FULL RESOLUTIONS; IN COMPOSITIONS; LUNAR CRUSTS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; THREE-LAYER MODELS;

CITRUS FRUITS; MOON;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

ORIENTALE BASIN;

EID: 0031073708     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00178     Document Type: Article

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