Titanium estimates of the central peaks of lunar craters: Implications for sub-surface lithology of moon

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-284

  Srivastava, Neeraj ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Central peaks; Clementine UV Vis data; Craters; Mafic rocks; Moon; Titanium concentration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LITHOLOGY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CENTRAL PEAKS; CLEMENTINE UV-VIS DATA; TITANIUM CONCENTRATION;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 44549087822     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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