Remote sensing studies of the Lomonosov-Fleming region of the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Giguere, Thomas A ^a,b   Hawke, B Ray ^a   Blewett, D T ^c   Bussey, D B J ^d   Lucey, Paul G ^a   Smith, G A ^a   Spudis, P D ^d   Taylor, G Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Intergraph Corporation   (United States)

^c NovaSol   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried mare deposits; Cryptomare; Dark halo craters; Light plains; Lomonosov Fleming; Mafic geochemical deposits

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOON; PLANETARY SURFACE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1342268958     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002069     Document Type: Article

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