Isostasy of the Moon from high-resolution gravity and topography data: Implication for its thermal history

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Sugano, T ^a   Heki, K ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1221 Geodesy and gravity: Lunar geodesy and gravity (6250); 5430 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Interiors (8147); 5455 Planetology: Solid surface planets: Origin and evolution

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; GRAVITATION; LUNAR MISSIONS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON BASES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

CRATER; ISOSTASY; LITHOSPHERIC THICKNESS;

MOON;

GRAVITY SURVEY; ISOSTASY; MOON; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 14544295343     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022059     Document Type: Article

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