The phanerozoic impact cratering rate: Evidence from the farside of the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E4, 1997, Pages 9231-9242

  McEwen, Alfred S ^a,b   Moore, Jeffrey M ^c   Shoemaker, Eugene M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster fragmentation; Deoxypyridinoline; Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry; High energy collisions; Hydrogen cluster ions; Liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry; Pyridinoline

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT RAY; CRATERING RATE; IMPACT EVENT;

MOON, FARSIDE;

EID: 0030801687     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE00114     Document Type: Article

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