Earth-Moon system, planetary science, and lessons learned

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 657-704

  Taylor, S Ross ^a   Pieters, Carle M ^b   MacPherson, Glenn J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33745992300     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2006.60.7     Document Type: Article

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