Megaregolith evolution and cratering cataclysm models - Lunar cataclysm as a misconception (28 years later)

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-593

  Hartmann, William K ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR METEORITE; MOON; REGOLITH;

EID: 0141611999     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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