The effects of space weathering on Apollo 17 mare soils: Petrographic and chemical characterization

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 285-299

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LUNAR SOIL; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

EID: 0035052501     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01871.x     Document Type: Article

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