Detectability of subsurface interfaces in lunar maria by the LRS/SELENE sounding radar: Influence of mineralogical composition

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Pommerol, A ^a,b   Kofman, W ^a   Audouard, J ^a,c   Grima, C ^a   Beck, P ^a   Mouginot, J ^a,d   Herique, A ^a   Kumamoto, A ^e   Kobayashi, T ^f   Ono, T ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IRON OXIDES; RADAR; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DETECTABILITY; GLOBAL SCALE; LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; RADAR SOUNDER; SELENE MISSION; SOUNDING RADAR; SUBSURFACE FEATURES;

MOON;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ILMENITE; INTERFACE; IRON OXIDE; LAVA; LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; MINERALOGY; PROBE; RADAR; SATELLITE MISSION; TITANIUM;

CITRUS RETICULATA;

EID: 76349124872     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041681     Document Type: Article

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