The long wavelength topography of Beethoven and Tolstoj basins, Mercury

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  André, Sarah L ^a   Watters, Thomas R ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

BEETHOVEN BASINS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; LUNAR MASCONS; TOLSTOJ BASINS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (PLANET); TOPOGRAPHY;

MERCURIA;

EID: 29344436026     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023627     Document Type: Article

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