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Reflectance as a function of dark mineral matter

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Figure 5. Reflectance as a function of dark mineral matter. Total reflectance values of the CODOS WY13 ALM and the SASP ALM samples (excluding the SASP WY11 outlier) are sensitive to dark mineral matter content (IRM). IRM-0.3T is a measure of magnetite content and is used as a proxy for total amounts of dark minerals.

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