M3 spectral analysis of lunar swirls and the link between optical maturation and surface hydroxyl formation at magnetic anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kramer, Georgiana Y ^a   Besse, Sebastien ^b   Dhingra, Deepak ^c   Nettles, Jeffrey ^c   Klima, Rachel ^d   Garrick Bethell, Ian ^e   Clark, Roger N ^f   Combe, Jean Philippe ^a   Head III, James W ^c   Taylor, Lawrence A ^g   Pieters, Carlé M ^c   Boardman, Joseph ^h   McCord, Thomas B ^a  

^a Box 667   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h ANALYTICAL IMAGING AND GEOPHYSICS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MATURATION; MOON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052757569     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003729     Document Type: Article

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