Martian impact crater ejecta morphologies as indicators of the distribution of subsurface volatiles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Barlow, Nadine G ^a   Perez, Carola B ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater ejecta; Mars; Martian craters; Martian volatiles

Indexed keywords

EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0346413337     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je002036     Document Type: Article

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