Using the modified Gaussian model to extract quantitative data from lunar soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Noble, Sarah K ^a,b   Pieters, Carlé M ^a   Hiroi, Takahiro ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LUNAR SOIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLOGY;

EID: 36549055458     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002721     Document Type: Article

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