Crustal stratigraphy of the Al-Khwarizmi-King/Tsiolkovsky-Stark region of the lunar farside as seen by Clementine

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 14-15, 2002, Pages 1311-1321

  Heather, D J ^a   Dunkin, S K ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mineralogy; Moon; Moon, surface; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DATA REDUCTION; MINERALOGY; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CRATERING;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036935424     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00125-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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