Geometric properties of Martian impact craters: Preliminary results from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4405-4408

  Garvin, James B ^a   Frawley, James J ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Herring Bay Geophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER (MOLA); MARTIAN IMPACT CRATERS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPLEX TRANSITIONS; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETERS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

EID: 0032534941     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900177     Document Type: Article

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