Mineralogy of the lunar crust: Results from Clementine

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-41

  Tompkins, Stefanie ^a   Pieters, Carlé M ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR CRUST; MINERALOGY; MOON;

EID: 0032920583     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01729.x     Document Type: Article

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