Lobateness of impact ejecta deposits from atmospheric interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E11, 1998, Pages 25739-25756

  Barnouin Jha, Olivier S ^a,b   Schultz, Peter H ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; VORTEX;

EID: 0032566964     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02025     Document Type: Article

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