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Manager, Pacific Regional Planetary Data Center
Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1999
Email: chrisp@higp.hawaii.edu
Office: POST 544C
Phone Number: (808) 956-3131
Fax Number: (808) 956-6322
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
1680 East-West Road, POST 602
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA
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Research Interests:
Lunar geology
Current
Projects:
I am continuing the search for remnants of the Moon's ancient crust that constituted the bulk of my dissertation work. I use a combination of ground-based near-infrared reflection spectra and spacecraft (mostly Clementine) remote sensing data to search for exposures of anorthosite, which probably formed the Moon's original crust as the magma ocean that likely covered the Moon soon after its formation cooled and crystallized. As data from the Lunar Prospector spacecraft are reduced and made available, I will incorporate these into my research as well.
Relevant
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Publications
(partial listing):
Hawke B.R., Peterson C.A., Blewett D.T., Bussey D.B.J., Lucey P.G., Taylor G.J., and Spudis P.D. (2003) The distribution and modes of occurrence of lunar anorthosite. J. Geophys. Res.. 108, No. E6, 5050, doi:10.1029/2002JE001890..
Peterson C.A., Hawke B.R., Lucey P.G, Coombs C.R., and Spudis P.D. (1995) Spectral reflection studies of the Grimaldi region of the Moon. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 22, No. 22, 3055-3058.
Hawke B.R., Peterson C.A., Lucey P.G., Taylor G.J., Blewett D.T., Campbell B.A., Coombs C.R., and Spudis P.D. (1993) Remote sensing studies of the terrain northwest of humorum basin. Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 6, 419-422.
Hawke B.R., Coombs C.R., Campbell B.A., Lucey P.G., Peterson C.A., and Zisk S.H. (1991) Remote sensing of regional pyroclastic deposits on the north central portion of the lunar nearside, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. XXI, P. 377-389.
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