Properties of the Hermean regolith: III. Disk-resolved vis-NIR reflectance spectra and implications for the abundance of iron

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-222

  Warell, J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mercury; Mineralogy; Regoliths; Spectroscopy; Surfaces, planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037296001     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00055-6     Document Type: Review

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