Tsiolkovsky crater: A window into crustal processes on the lunar farside

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E9, 1999, Pages 21935-21949

  Pieters, Carlé M ^a   Tompkins, Stefanie ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LUNAR CRUST; MOON;

EID: 0033603912     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE001010     Document Type: Article

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