Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986jgr....91..344l&link_type=abstract
(Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA, American Geophysical Union, et al., Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 16th, Houston,
Physics
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Infrared Spectroscopy, Lunar Composition, Lunar Geology, Near Infrared Radiation, Spectral Reflectance, Lunar Landing Sites, Lunar Surface, Spectrum Analysis
Scientific paper
Newly obtained near-infrared reflectance spectra for features on or near the Aristarchus Plateau demonstrate the diversity of compositions in the region. Highland units are of three probable compositions: a feldspar and clinopyroxene assemblage; a probable clinopyroxene, olivine, and possibly feldspar assemblage; and an assemblage composed of olivine or olivine and feldspar. The feldspar-clinopyroxene assemblage is tentatively correlated with the major Th anomaly centered on Aristarchus crater. The regional pyroclastic deposits on the plateau are composed of greater than 90% Fe2+-bearing glass. The Aristarchus cratering event fully penetrated any mare or pyroclastics in the target. Evidence for mare-related material is found in the ejecta on the mare side of the mare-plateau contact.
Hawke Bernard Ray
Head James W.
Lucey Paul G.
McCord Th. B.
Pieters Carlé M.
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