A new seismic model of the Moon: Implications for structure, thermal evolution and formation of the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-44

  Lognonné, Philippe ^a   Gagnepain Beyneix, Jeannine ^a   Chenet, Hugues ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOON; PARENT BODY; SEISMIC METHOD; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0038545421     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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