Optical Maturity and Magnetic Studies of Lunar Swirls
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1 , D. T. Blewett 2 , B. R. Hawke 3 , and N. C. Richmond 4 , 1 Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA, [email protected]; 2 NovaSol, 733 Bishop St., 28th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813 USA, [email protected]; 3 Hawaii Inst. of Geophysics and Planetology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA; 4 Inst. of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, Univ. of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
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