Constraints on the depth and variability of the lunar regolith

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 695-710

  Wilcox, B B ^a   Robinson, M S ^b   Thomas, P C ^c   Hawke, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; LUNAR SOIL; MOON; REGOLITH;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 24044506018     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00974.x     Document Type: Article

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