New Ages for Basalts in Mare Fecunditatis Based on Crater Size-frequency Measurements
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H. Hiesinger1,2, J.W. Head III1, U. Wolf3, R. Jaumann3, and G. Neukum4. 1Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912; [email protected]; 2Dept. of Physics and Earth Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050; DLR Inst. of Planetary Exploration, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin; 4Inst. für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstr. 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006