Volcanic and impact deposits of the Moon's Aristarchus Plateau: A new view from Earth-based radar images

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-138

  Campbell, Bruce A ^a   Carter, Lynn M ^a   Hawke, B Ray ^b   Campbell, Donald B ^c   Ghent, Rebecca R ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact deposits; Moon; Pyroclastic; Radar; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CRATERING; LAVA-FLOW COMPLEX; PYROCLASTIC;

RADAR IMAGING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRATERING; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA; MARE BASALT; MOON; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 44449145381     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24310A.1     Document Type: Article

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