Anomalous Moscoviense basin: Single oblique impact or double impact origin?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ishihara, Yoshiaki ^a   Morota, Tomokatsu ^b   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^c   Goossens, Sander ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE MINERALS;

BASIN FORMATION; FORMATION PROCESS; IMPACT BASINS; IMPACT SCENARIOS; LASER ALTIMETRY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OBLIQUE IMPACT; OLIVINE-RICH MATERIALS; SPATIAL SEPARATION;

OLIVINE;

ALTIMETRY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MARE BASALT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOON; MOSCOVIAN; OLIVINE; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79551595330     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045887     Document Type: Article

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