Open AccessMeteorites Mix Moon’s Surface at Both Small and Large Scales
Author(s) -
Terri Cook
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo075133
Subject(s) - meteorite , astrobiology , surface (topology) , geology , physics , geometry , mathematics
A three-dimensional model of material transport suggests that impact cratering can mix lunar soils across distances of more than 100 kilometers.