Composition from fast neutrons: Application to the moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3797-3800

  Gasnault, Olivier ^a   Feldman, William C ^a   Maurice, Sylvestre ^b   Genetay, Isabelle ^b   D'Uston, Claude ^c   Prettyman, Thomas H ^a   Moore, Kurt R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON; NEUTRONS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ATOMS;

ATOMIC MASS;

GEOPHYSICS; MOON;

LUNAR SOIL; MOON; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION;

ENERGY RANGES; FAST NEUTRONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LEAKAGE FLUX; LUNAR PROSPECTORS; LUNAR SAMPLES; NEUTRON LEAKAGES; NEUTRON PRODUCTION;

EID: 0035474151     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013072     Document Type: Article

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