Mineralogical and chemical characterization of lunar highland soils: Insights into the space weathering of soils on airless bodies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Pieters, Carlé ^b   Patchen, Allan ^a   Taylor, Dong Hwa S ^a   Morris, Richard V ^c   Keller, Lindsay P ^c   McKay, David S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN SIZE; LUNAR SOIL; MINERALOGY; MOON; WEATHERING;

EID: 77749330018     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003427     Document Type: Article

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