Thorium abundances on the aristarchus plateau: Insights into the composition of the aristarchus pyroclastic glass deposits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hagerty, J J ^a   Lawrence, D J ^c   Hawke, B R ^b   Gaddis, L R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GLASS; MODELING; MOON; PLATEAU; THORIUM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 67650468131     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003262     Document Type: Article

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