Measurement and Analysis of Lunar Basin Depths from Clementine Altimetry

Icarus

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-122

  Williams, Kevin K ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000395476     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5856     Document Type: Article

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