Structure and formation of the lunar farside highlands

Science

Volumn 330, Issue 6006, 2010, Pages 949-951

  Garrick Bethell, Ian ^a,b   Nimmo, Francis ^b   Wieczorek, Mark A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEAT PRODUCTION; LUNAR CRUST; MAGMA; MOON; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; LUNAR FARSIDE HIGHLAND; MAGMA; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THERMOGENESIS; THICKNESS; TIDAL POWER; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

EID: 78149389148     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1193424     Document Type: Article

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