The materials of the lunar Procellarum KREEP Terrane: A synthesis of data from geomorphological mapping, remote sensing, and sample analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E8, 2000, Pages 20403-20415

  Haskin, Larry A ^a,b   Gillis, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Korotev, Randy L ^a,b   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR SOIL; MOON; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033765032     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001128     Document Type: Article

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