Cratering history and Lunar Chrnology

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 519-596

  Stöffler, Dieter ^a   Ryder, Graham ^b   Ivanov, Boris A ^c   Artemieva, Natalia A ^c   Cintala, Mark J ^d   Grieve, Richard A F ^e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 33745991997     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2006.60.05     Document Type: Review

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