A large basin on the near side of the Moon

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 153-188

  Byrne, Charles Joseph ^a  

^a Image Again   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin ejecta; Clementine; Impact basins; Lunar basins; Moon; Multi ring basins; Multi ringed basins; Near Side Megabasin; South Pole Aitken Basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATER; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LUNAR CRUST; MOON;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 39149091362     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-007-9225-8     Document Type: Article

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