Modeling the provenance of the Apollo 16 regolith

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Petro, N E ^a   Pieters, C M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; EJECTA; MODELING; MOON; PROVENANCE; REGOLITH; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 34247246807     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002559     Document Type: Article

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