On lateral mixing efficiency of lunar regolith

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Li, Lin ^a,b   Mustard, John F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MIXING; MOON; REGOLITH;

EID: 30144443672     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002295     Document Type: Article

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