Testing hypotheses for the origin of steep slope of lunar size-frequency distribution for small craters

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-51

  Namiki, Noriyuki ^a   Honda, Chikatoshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOON;

PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 20644435142     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352461     Document Type: Article

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