CONSTRAINTS FOR UVVIS - BASED ESTIMATES OF TiO 2 CONTENT FOR LUNAR MARE BASALTS
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CLEMENTINE 2.7 μm DATA AND 70-CM EARTH-BASED RADAR DATA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINTS FOR UVVIS-BASED ESTIMATES OF TiO2 CONTENT FOR LUNAR MARE BASALTS. J. J. Gillis, P. G. Lucey, B. A. Campbell, and B. R. Hawke, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 515, Honolulu, HI 96822 ([email protected]), 2Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013.
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