Download or read book Remote Geochemical Analysis written by Carlé M. Pieters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Origin of electronic spectra of minerals in the visible to near-infraed region;combined theory of reflectance and emittance spectroscopy;Ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy: laboratory spectra of geologic materials;Mid-infrared spectroscopy: laboratory data;Thermal emission spectroscopy: application to the Earth and mars;Imaging spectroscopy of the Earth and other solar system bodies;Imaging spectroscopy: interpretation based on spectral mixture analysis;Introduction to planetary remote sensing gamma ray spectroscopy;X-ray remote sensing thecniques for geochimical analysis of planetary surfaces;Planetary newtron spectroscopy from orbit;Alpha-particle spectrometry of the moon;Geological mapping using landsat thematic mapper data over oak-hickory forest, arctic, and hyperarid terrains;Imaging spectroscopy: new directions for terrestrial geology;Compositional diversity and stratigraphy of the lunar crust derived from reflectance spectroscopy;Composition of the moon as determined from orbit by gamma ray spectroscopy;The surface composition of mars as inferred from spectroscopy observations;The composition of mars and comets by remote and in situ gamma ray spectroscopy;Gamma ray spectrometry of mars;Newtron spectrometry;Asteroid surface composition from Earth-based reflectance spectroscopy;Remote sensing of ices and ice-mineral mixtures in the outer solar system;Elemental analysis of extraterrestrial surfaces by alpha-particle and radiation sources;Subsurface nuclear measurements for geochemical analysis;Interpretation of chemical concentration logs and applications in the petroleum industry;Mossbawer spectral characterization of iron in planetary surface minerals;Mass spectrometric: in situ analysis of solid-state extraterrestrial samples;Remote surface chemical analysis techniques for small bodies of the solar system without atmosphere.