Earth-based observations of radar-dark crater haloes on the Moon: Implications for regolith properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Ghent, Rebecca R ^a   Leverington, David W ^a   Campbell, Bruce A ^a   Hawke, B Ray ^b   Campbell, Donald B ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; LUNAR SOIL; MOON;

CITRUS RETICULATA; PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 19944392629     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002366     Document Type: Article

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