Recent outgassing from the lunar surface: The Lunar Prospector Alpha Particle Spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Lawson, Stefanie L ^a   Feldman, William C ^a   Lawrence, David J ^a   Moore, Kurt R ^a   Elphic, Richard C ^a   Belian, Richard D ^a   Maurice, Sylvestre ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; MOON; RADON;

EID: 27644481334     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002433     Document Type: Article

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