Integration of the Clementine UV-VIS spectral reflectance data and the Lunar Prospector gamma-ray spectrometer data: A global-scale multielement analysis o the lunar surface using iron, titanium, and thorium abundances

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Chevrel, S D ^a   Pinet, P C ^a   Daydou, Y ^a   Maurice, S ^a   Lawrence, D J ^b   Feldman, W C ^b   Lucey, P G ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Clementine; KREEP materials; Lunar highlands; Lunar Prospector; Mare basalts; South Pole Aitken basin

Indexed keywords

IRON; LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; THORIUM; TITANIUM;

EID: 0037176371     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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