Geology of the Moscoviense Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Thaisen, Kevin G ^a   Head, James W ^b   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a   Kramer, Georgiana Y ^c,d   Isaacson, Peter ^b   Nettles, Jeff ^b   Petro, Noah ^e   Pieters, Carle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 667   (United States)

^d LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMPACT; LUNAR CRUST; MARE BASALT; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 79955052542     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003732     Document Type: Article

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