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Nov 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18.2141h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, Nov. 1991, p. 2141-2144.
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Anorthosite, Infrared Imagery, Lunar Composition, Lunar Surface, Remote Sensing, Data Bases, Ejecta, Infrared Spectra, Lunar Rocks, Multispectral Band Scanners, Ultraviolet Spectra
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Both an extensive data base of visible and near-infrared spectra and multispectral images (ultraviolet and visible) of the Orientale region of the moon have been acquired. The results show that the eastern Inner Rook Mountains are composed of anorthosite. Portions of the main ring of the Humorum basin and the inner ring of Grimaldi are also composed of anorthosite. Other deposits within the Orientale basin and the major ejecta unit outside the basin are dominated by noritic anorthosites; mature surfaces have spectra nearly identical to those taken of areas in the vicinity of the Apollo 16 site. Thus, it appears that Orientale ejecta are more mafic than materials that are thought to have originated at depth (i.e., the anorthosites in the Inner Rook Mountains).
Bell Jon F.
Blewett Dave T.
Hawke Bernard Ray
Horton Keith
Jeffrey Taylor G.
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