A Serenitatis origin for the Imbrian grooves and South Pole-Aitken thorium anomaly

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E11, 2001, Pages 27853-27864

  Wieczorek, Mark A ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT; MOON; THORIUM;

EID: 0035676067     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001384     Document Type: Article

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