Current bombardment of the Earth-Moon system: Emphasis on cratering asymmetries

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-382

  Gallant, J ^a   Gladman, B ^a   Cuk M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cratering; Earth; Meteorites; Moon; Near Earth objects; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649933544     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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