Seismic detection of the lunar core

Science

Volumn 331, Issue 6015, 2011, Pages 309-312

  Weber, Renee C ^a   Lin, Pei Ying ^b   Garnero, Edward J ^b   Williams, Quentin ^c   Lognonné, Philippe ^d  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

LUNAR MANTLE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOGRAM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNAR CORE; MOON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEISMIC DETECTION; SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 78751702291     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1199375     Document Type: Article

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