High resolution mapping of TiO2 abundances on the Moon using the Hubble Space Telescope

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Robinson, M S ^a   Hapke, B W ^b   Garvin, J B ^c   Skillman, D ^c   Bell, III ^d   Ulmer, M P ^e   Pieters, C M ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE TELESCOPES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LUNAR REGOLITH; MAGMA EVOLUTION; SURFACE VOLCANISM; ULTRAVIOLET REFLECTANCE; VISIBLE REFLECTANCE;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR SOIL; MAPPING; MOON; NEAR INFRARED; REGOLITH; REMOTE SENSING; TITANIUM; VOLCANISM; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34548615117     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029754     Document Type: Article

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