Spectral variability of plagioclase-mafic mixtures (1): Effects of chemistry and modal abundance in reflectance spectra of rocks and mineral mixtures

Icarus

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 282-298

  Serventi, Giovanna ^a   Carli, Cristian ^b   Sgavetti, Maria ^a   Ciarniello, Mauro ^b   Capaccioni, Fabrizio ^b   Pedrazzi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury, Surface; Mineralogy; Moon, Surface; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879726408     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.05.041     Document Type: Article

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