Exploring links between crater floor mineralogy and layered lunar crust

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-280

  Dhingra, Deepak ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Crater mineralogy; Geological evolution; Magma ocean; Moon; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CRATER MINERALOGY; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LUNAR CRUSTS; VOLCANISM;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 44549086614     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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