Local and regional lunar regolith characteristics at Reiner Gamma Formation: Optical and spectroscopic properties from Clementine and Earth-based data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E4, 2000, Pages 9457-9475

  Pinet, Patrick C ^a,c   Shevchenko, Vladislav V ^b   Chevrel, Serge D ^a,c   Daydou, Yves ^a,c   Rosemberg, Christine ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR SOIL; MOON; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033780769     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001086     Document Type: Article

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