Density and porosity of the lunar crust from gravity and topography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Qian ^a,b   Wieczorek, Mark A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GRAVITY; LUNAR CRUST; METEORITE; MOON; POROSITY; ROCK; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861162328     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004062     Document Type: Article

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