Crater-centered laccoliths on the Moon: Modeling intrusion depth and magmatic pressure at the crater Taruntius

Icarus

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Wichman, R W ^a   Schultz, P H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030187852     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0118     Document Type: Article

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