Further constraints on the deep lunar interior

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Khan, Amir ^a   Mosegaard, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOON; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

BAYES FACTOR; LOVE NUMBERS; LUNAR INTERIOR; LUNAR LASER; MOMENT OF INERTIA; RADIAL DENSITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; TIDAL DISSIPATION Q;

GEOPHYSICS;

LUNAR MANTLE; MOON; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 30744459584     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023985     Document Type: Article

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