Subsurface chemistry of the Imbrium basin inferred from Clementine UVVIS spectroscopy

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1499-1510

  Otake, Hisashi ^a   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Newton Press Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Ejecta; Imbrium basin; Subsurface; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRATER; EJECTA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 33846784008     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352649     Document Type: Article

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