The transition from complex craters to multi-ring basins on the Moon: Quantitative geometric properties from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Baker, David M H ^a   Head, James W ^a   Neumann, Gregory A ^b   Smith, David E ^b,c   Zuber, Maria T ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CRATER; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LUNAR CRUST; MELT; MOON; MORPHOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 84859133091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE004021     Document Type: Article

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