Non-mare silicic volcanism on the lunar farside at Compton-Belkovich

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 566-571

  Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Wiseman, Sandra A ^b   Lawrence, Samuel J ^c   Tran, Thanh N ^c   Robinson, Mark S ^c   Sato, Hiroyuki ^c   Hawke, B Ray ^d   Scholten, Frank ^e   Oberst, Jürgen ^e   Hiesinger, Harald ^f   Van Der Bogert, Carolyn H ^f   Greenhagen, Benjamin T ^g   Glotch, Timothy D ^h   Paige, David A ⁱ  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MOON; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADIOMETER; SILICA; TERRANE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79961088470     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1212     Document Type: Article

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