On estimating contributions of basin ejecta to regolith deposits at lunar sites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-33

  Haskin, Larry A ^a   Moss, Billy E ^a   McKinnon, William B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT; MOON; REGOLITH;

EID: 0142229426     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb01043.x     Document Type: Article

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