Timing and characteristics of the latest mare eruption on the Moon

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Morota, Tomokatsu ^a   Haruyama, Junichi ^a   Ohtake, Makiko ^a   Matsunaga, Tsuneo ^b   Honda, Chikatoshi ^c   Yokota, Yasuhiro ^b   Kimura, Jun ^d   Ogawa, Yoshiko ^c   Hirata, Naru ^c   Demura, Hirohide ^c   Iwasaki, Akira ^e   Sugihara, Takamitsu ^f   Saiki, Kazuto ^g   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^h   Kobayashi, Shingo ^a   Ishihara, Yoshiaki ⁱ   Takeda, Hiroshi ^j   Hiesinger, Harald ^k  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Crater size frequency measurement; Mare Imbrium; Mare volcanism; Moon; SELENE (Kaguya) Terrain Camera; The Procellarum KREEP Terrane

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; MARE IMBRIUM; MARE VOLCANISM; SELENE (KAGUYA) TERRAIN CAMERA; THE PROCELLARUM KREEP TERRANE;

CAMERAS; GALLIUM; MOON; TITANIUM; VOLCANOES;

BASALT;

MAGMA; MARE BASALT; MOON; PARTIAL MELTING; TITANIUM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79251596077     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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