The lunar-wide effects of basin ejecta distribution on the early megaregolith

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1517-1529

  Petro, Noah E ^a,b   Pieters, Carlé M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 58249129869     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01025.x     Document Type: Article

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