Earth-based radar data reveal extended deposits of the Moon's Orientale basin

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-346

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Impacts; Moon; Orientale; Radar; Regolith

Indexed keywords

AMERICA; CONCENTRIC (CO); RADAR DATA; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SAMPLE RETURN; SOUTH POLE-AITKEN (SPA);

DEPOSITS; RADAR; STRATIGRAPHY;

DETECTORS;

BASIN; EJECTA; IMPACT; MOON; RADAR; REGOLITH;

EID: 46149089222     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24325A.1     Document Type: Article

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