Compositional studies of the Orientale, Humorum, Nectaris, and Crisium lunar basins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E2, 2000, Pages 4235-4243

  Bussey, D Ben J ^a   Spudis, Paul D ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; MOON; PETROLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EID: 0033780843     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001130     Document Type: Article

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