Magnetic properties of lunar materials: Meteorites, Luna and Apollo returned samples

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 383-391

  Rochette, P ^a   Gattacceca, J ^a   Ivanov, A V ^b   Nazarov, M A ^b   Bezaeva, N S ^a,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Apollo; Crustal magnetization; Luna; Lunar meteorite; Magnetic properties; Metallic iron

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CRUSTAL MAGNETIZATION; FORMING PROCESS; LUNAR MATERIALS; LUNAR METEORITE; MAGNETIC DATA; METALLIC IRON; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; ROCK SAMPLE; SOIL SIZE FRACTIONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENTS;

BASALT; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; METEORITES; MOON BASES; REMANENCE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

MOON;

LITHOLOGY; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR METEORITE; LUNAR SOIL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MARE BASALT; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 77950522407     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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