Lunar surface chemistry: A new imaging technique

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Abstract

Detailed chemical maps of the lunar surface have been constructed by applying a new weighted-filter imaging technique to Apollo 15 and Apollo 16 x-ray fluorescence data. The data quality improvement is amply demonstrated by (i) modes in the frequency distribution, representing highland and mare soil suites, which are not evident before data filtering and (ii) numerous examples of chemical variations which are correlated with small-scale (about 15 kilometer) lunar topographic features.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Lunar surface chemistry: A new imaging technique
Series title Science
DOI 10.1126/science.197.4307.986
Volume 197
Issue 4307
Year Published 1977
Language English
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Description 4 p.
First page 986
Last page 989
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