Gruithuisen domes region: A candidate for an extended nonmare volcanism unit on the Moon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E7, 1999, Pages 16515-16529

  Chevrel, Serge D ^a,c   Pinet, Patrick C ^a,c   Head, James W ^b  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOME; MOON; VOLCANISM;

EID: 17444435652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900007     Document Type: Article

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