Farside deep moonquakes and deep interior of the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Nakamura, Yosio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOON; MOONQUAKE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 16444364482     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002332     Document Type: Article

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