Ages and stratigraphy of lunar mare basalts: A synthesis

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 477, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-51

  Hiesinger, H ^a,b   Head, J W ^b   Wolf, U ^c   Jaumann, R ^c   Neukum, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LUNAR LANDING; STRATIGRAPHY;

CRATER DEGRADATIONS; CRATER SIZES; IMPACT CRATERS; LANDING SITE; PETROGENESIS; PLANETARY SURFACES; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

MOON;

CHRONOLOGY; CRATER; MARE BASALT; MOON; PETROGENESIS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79955541638     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2477(01)     Document Type: Article

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