On compositional modeling of lunar highlands soils, including application to the orbiting gamma-ray experimental dataThe compositions of remotely sensed highlands soils are compared with those of acquired highlands soils through the use of a compositional model. This model previously demonstrated its ability to describe compositions of acquired highlands soils with an accuracy approximating the present knowledge of the compositions. The principal question addressed here is whether the compositional end-members used to describe the acquired highlands soils are adequate to describe the remotely sensed ones or whether in some remotely sensed regions volumetrically significant components of different composition are required. Owing to the large analytical uncertainties in the gamma-ray data, only the presence of substantial proportions of significantly different components would be detectable by this (or any other) analysis of those data.
Document ID
19820048191
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Haskin, L. A. (Washington Univ. Saint Louis, MO, United States)
Korotev, R. L. (Washington University St. Louis, MO, United States)