Lunar clinopyroxene and plagioclase: Surface distribution and composition

Solar System Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-266

  Shkuratov, Yu G ^a   Kaydash, V G ^a   Pieters, C M ^b  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24144449050     PISSN: 00380946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11208-005-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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