Space weathering on the Moon: Patina on Apollo 17 samples 75075 and 76015

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 593-603

  Wentworth, Susan J ^a   Keller, Lindsay P ^b   McKay, David S ^c   Morris, Richard V ^c  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b MVA SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOON; ROCK VARNISH; WEATHERING;

EID: 0033165809     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01366.x     Document Type: Article

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