Uranium on the Moon: Global distribution and U/Th ratio

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Yamashita, N ^a   Hasebe, N ^c   Reedy, R C ^f   Kobayashi, S ^b   Karouji, Y ^c   Hareyama, M ^b   Shibamura, E ^g   Kobayashi, M N ^e   Okudaira, O ^c   D'Uston, C ^a   Gasnault, O ^a   Forni, O ^a   Kim, K J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^e CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SAITAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; GAMMA-RAY LINE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; LUNAR MATERIALS; THORIUM ABUNDANCES; URANIUM ABUNDANCES; URANIUM DISTRIBUTION;

MOON; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VEGETATION;

GAMMA RAYS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MOON; THORIUM; UPLAND REGION; URANIUM;

EID: 77953076531     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043061     Document Type: Article

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