Optical effects of space weathering: The role of the finest fraction

@article{Pieters1993OpticalEO,
  title={Optical effects of space weathering: The role of the finest fraction},
  author={Carle M. Pieters and Erich M. Fischer and Oktavija Đakovi{\'c} Rode and Abhijit Basu},
  journal={Journal of Geophysical Research},
  year={1993},
  volume={98},
  pages={20817-20824}
}
The optical properties of lunar softs are different than those of rocks from which they are derived. As a consequence of lunar space weathering, soils are darker and exhibit a distinctive red-sloped continuum and weaker mineral absorption bands. The accumulation of dark glass-welded aggregates (agglutinates) has been thought to account for these optical effects of space weathering on lunar soils. Spectroscopic analyses of agglutinate separates and size fractions for a suite of lunar softs… 
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