Distribution of the subsurface reflectors of the western nearside maria observed from kaguya with lunar radar sounder

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Oshigami, Shoko ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasushi ^a   Yamaji, Atsushi ^b   Ono, Takayuki ^c   Kumamoto, Atsushi ^c   Kobayashi, Takao ^d   Nakagawa, Hiromu ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; RADAR;

ACCUMULATION RATES; BASALTIC LAVA; BASALTIC ROCKS; RADAR SOUNDER; SURFACE AGE;

REFLECTION;

DARK; ECHO SOUNDER; LAVA; MARE BASALT; MOON; RADAR IMAGERY; REFLECTIVITY; REGOLITH;

EID: 72149092395     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039835     Document Type: Article

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