The transition from complex crater to peak-ring basin on the Moon: New observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument

Icarus

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Baker, David M H ^a   Head, James W ^a   Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Kadish, Seth J ^a   Smith, Dave E ^b,c   Zuber, Maria T ^b,c   Neumann, Gregory A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes; Mercury; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051471828     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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