The lunar rock and mineral characterization consortium: Deconstruction and integrated mineralogical, petrologic, and spectroscopic analyses of mare basalts

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-251

  Isaacson, Peter J ^a   Sarbadhikari, Amit Basu ^b,c   Pieters, Carlé M ^a   Klima, Rachel L ^a,d   Hiroi, Takahiro ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79951471381     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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