Space weathering of lunar mare soils: New understanding of the effects on reflectance spectroscopy

Space 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 703-711

  Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Pieters, Carlé ^a   Keller, Lindsay P ^a   Morris, Richard V ^a   McKay, David S ^a   Patchen, Allan ^a   Wentworth, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEOR IMPACTS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPACE WEATHERING;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0034586973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40479(204)85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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