Imaging of lunar surface maturity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E8, 2000, Pages 20377-20386

  Lucey, Paul G ^a   Blewett, David T ^a   Taylor, G Jeffrey ^a   Hawke, B Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR SOIL; MOON; REGOLITH;

EID: 0033759417     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001110     Document Type: Article

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