Volcanic history in the Smythii basin based on SELENE radar observation

Ken Ishiyama1, Atsushi Kumamoto2

  • 1National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka College, 104 Sawada, Inooka, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-8511, Japan. ishiyama.ken@tsuruoka-nct.ac.jp.

Scientific Reports
|October 12, 2019
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