Spectral and photogeologic mapping of Schrödinger Basin and implications for post-South Pole-Aitken impact deep subsurface stratigraphy

Icarus

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-148

  Kramer, Georgiana Y ^a,d   Kring, David A ^a,d   Nahm, Amanda L ^b   Pieters, Carlé M ^c,d  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Impact processes; Mineralogy; Moon; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872328096     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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