Major lunar crustal terranes: Surface expressions and crust-mantle origins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E2, 2000, Pages 4197-4216

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CRUST STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MOON; ROCK; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; MOON; TECTONICS;

EID: 0033777549     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001103     Document Type: Article

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