NASA NTRS · 19780057705
Computer-generated maps of lunar composition from gamma-ray data
Abstract
Processing of some of the gamma-ray data obtained by Apollo 15 and 16 has been accomplished by analyzing count rates in three energy bands. The count rate variations in the three energy bands are due in various degrees to thorium, uranium, potassium, iron and titanium. The mapping which results from the gamma-ray count rates has an effective resolution of about two degrees. Regions of high titanium content in certain maria, the low values of iron in a zone of the central equatorial highland and the relatively low value of iron near Archimedes are noted.
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Arnold, J. R., Metzger, A. E., Reedy, R. C.. 1977-01-01. Computer-generated maps of lunar composition from gamma-ray data. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19780057705
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