Bolides in the present and past martian atmosphere and effects on cratering processes

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 905-925

  Popova, Olga ^a   Nemtchinov, Ivan ^a   Hartmann, William K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; CRATERING; MARS; METEORITE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0344899183     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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