Magnetic signature of the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin: Character, origin, and age

A new magnetic map of the Moon, based on Lunar Prospector magnetometer observations, sheds light on the origin of the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the largest and oldest of the recognized lunar basins. A set of WNW-trending linear to arcuate magnetic features, evident in both the radial and scalar...

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Published in:Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Main Authors: Purucker, Michael E., Head, James W., Wilson, Lionel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/62452/
https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JE003922