The Mairan domes: Silicic volcanic constructs on the Moon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Glotch, Timothy D ^a   Hagerty, Justin J ^b   Lucey, Paul G ^c   Hawke, B Ray ^c   Giguere, Thomas A ^c   Arnold, Jessica A ^a   Williams, Jean Pierre ^d   Jolliff, Bradley L ^e   Paige, David A ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOON;

HIGH RESOLUTION VISIBLE; LUNAR PROSPECTORS;

DOMES;

DOME; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGMA; MOON; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SILICON; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

EID: 81155138227     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049548     Document Type: Article

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