Estimated Solar Wind-Implanted Helium-3 Distribution on the Moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-388

  Johnson, Jeffrey R ^a   Swindle, Timothy D ^b   Lucey, Paul G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CLEMENTINE; FUSION FUEL; GOOD CORRELATIONS; IMPLANTED HELIUM; LANDING SITE; LUNAR REGOLITH; MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA; TITANIUM CONTENT;

MOON;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 0033083620     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/199SGL900305     Document Type: Article

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