Global elemental maps of the moon: The Lunar Prospector gamma-ray spectrometer

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5382, 1998, Pages 1484-1489

  Lawrence, D J ^a   Feldman, W C ^a   Barraclough, B L ^a   Binder, A B ^b   Elphic, R C ^a   Maurice, S ^c   Thomsen, D R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lunar Research Institute   (United States)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; THORIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MOON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; LUNAR PROSPECTOR PROJECT; UNMANNED;

ELEMENTS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; MOON; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THORIUM;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 0032483458     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5382.1484     Document Type: Article

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