Compositional analyses of lunar pyroclastic deposits

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 262-280

  Gaddis, Lisa R ^a   Staid, Matthew I ^a   Tyburczy, James A ^b   Hawke, B Ray ^c   Petro, Noah E ^d,e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moon; Moon surface; Spectroscopy; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037298115     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00036-2     Document Type: Review

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