New observational evidence of global seismic effects of basin-forming impacts on the Moon from lunar reconnaissance orbiter lunar orbiter laser altimeter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kreslavsky, M A ^a   Head, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; BASIN EVOLUTION; CRATER; EJECTA; EMPLACEMENT; MOON; ORBITAL FORCING; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ORIENTALE;

EID: 84861855827     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003975     Document Type: Article

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