Determining the modal mineralogy of mafic and ultramafic igneous rocks using thermal emission spectroscopy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9717-9733

  Hamilton, Victoria E ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAFIC ROCK; MINERALOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 0033772498     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001113     Document Type: Article

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