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Coordinated analysis of space weathering characteristics in lunar samples to understand water distribution on the Moon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 July 2021

Alexander Kling
Affiliation:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Michelle Thompson
Affiliation:
Purdue University - Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, United States
Jennika Greer
Affiliation:
Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637 USA, United States
Philipp Heck
Affiliation:
Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 60605 USA, United States

Abstract

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Type
Moon Dust, Minerals and Microscopy
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Microscopy Society of America

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