Mantle of the Moon exposed?

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Paul Lucey
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[1] Paul Lucey is at the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology,
[2] University of Hawaii at Manoa,undefined
[3] 1680 East West Road,undefined
[4] Honolulu,undefined
[5] Hawaii 96822,undefined
[6] USA. lucey@higp.hawaii.edu,undefined
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Nature Geoscience | 2010年 / 3卷
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The composition of the rocks brought back from the Moon by the Apollo astronauts still poses a conundrum. Spectroscopic measurements of the lunar surface may offer a resolution while providing a glimpse at the evolution of the lunar mantle.
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