Comparative study of the surface roughness of the Moon, Mars and Mercury

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 287-293

  Pommerol, A ^a   Chakraborty, S ^a   Thomas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comparative planetology; Laser altimeter; Roughness; Topography

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DATA SETS; DIFFERENTIAL SLOPE; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; LASER ALTIMETER; LONG BASE LINE; NEGATIVE SLOPE; PLANETARY BODIES; SLOPE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MERCURY (METAL); MOON; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

PLANETS;

EID: 84870576185     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2012.08.020     Document Type: Article

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