Crustal attributes of lunar basins from terrain-correlated free-air gravity anomalies

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Potts, Laramie V ^a   von Frese, Ralph R B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithospheric dynamics; Mascons; Maslites; Moon; Multiring basins; Terrain correlated free air gravity anomalies

Indexed keywords

BASIN; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LUNAR CRUST; MOON;

EID: 0141503336     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001446     Document Type: Article

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