Martian Cratering 7: The Role of Impact Gardening

Icarus

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-53

  Hartmann, William K ^a   Anguita, Jorge ^b   De La Casa, Miguel A ^c   Berman, Daniel C ^a   Ryan, Eileen V ^a,d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^d NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Landing sites; Mars; Regolith generation; Regoliths; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001820174     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6532     Document Type: Article

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