Constraining the size of the South Pole-Aitken basin impact

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 730-743

  Potter, R W K ^a   Collins, G S ^a   Kiefer, W S ^b,c   McGovern, P J ^b,c   Kring, D A ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Cratering; Impact processes; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863436677     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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