New insights into lunar petrology: Distribution and composition of prominent low-Ca pyroxene exposures as observed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Klima, Rachel L ^a   Pieters, Carle M ^b   Boardman, Joseph W ^c   Green, Robert O ^d   Head, James W ^b   Isaacson, Peter J ^b   Mustard, John F ^b   Nettles, Jeff W ^b   Petro, Noah E ^e   Staid, Matthew I ^f   Sunshine, Jessica M ^g   Taylor, Lawrence A ^h   Tompkins, Stefanie ⁱ  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Planetary Sciences Institute   (United States)

^g Bldg 142   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LUNAR CRUST; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; PYROXENE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THORIUM;

EID: 79955071162     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003719     Document Type: Article

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