Large impacts detected by the Apollo seismometers: Impactor mass and source cutoff frequency estimations

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1049-1065

  Gudkova, T V ^a   Lognonne P H ^b   Gagnepain Beyneix, J ^b  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes; Meteorites; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151482866     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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