Glass beads tell a tale of lunar bombardment

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5459, 2000, Pages 1768-1769

  Ryder, Graham ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; HISTORY; MELTING POINT; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034629415     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5459.1768     Document Type: Short Survey

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