Robotic search for ices and hydrous minerals at the lunar poles using a combined X-ray diffraction and fluorescence instrument

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 14-15, 2002, Pages 1361-1368

  Sarrazin, P ^a,b   Blake, D ^a   Bish, D ^c   Vaniman, D ^c   Chipera, S ^c   Collins, S A ^d   Elliott, S T ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; ICE; MINERALOGY; MOON; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROBOTICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

LUNAR POLES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036939441     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00126-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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