Big returns on small samples: Lessons learned from the analysis of small lunar samples and implications for the future scientific exploration of the Moon

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-185

  Shearer, C K ^a   Borg, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

LUNAR MANTLE; MARE BASALT; MOON; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

EID: 33748045165     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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