The shape and appearance of craters formed by oblique impact on the Moon and Venus

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1551-1578

  Herrick, Robert R ^a   Forsberg Taylor, Nancy K ^b  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MOON; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VENUS;

EID: 1542286546     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Anderson J. L. B., Schultz P. H., and Heineck J. T. 2000. The effects of impact angle on the shape of lunar craters (abstract # 1749). 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. CD-ROM.
2. Barlow N. G and Bradley T. L. 1990. Martian impact craters: Correlations of ejecta and interior morphologies with diameter, latitude, and terrain. Icarus 87:156-179.
3. Bottke W. F., Love S. G., Tytell D., and Glotch T. 2000. Interpreting the elliptical crater populations on Mars. Venus, and the Moon. Icarus 145:108-121.
4. Christiansen E. L., Cykowski E., and Ortega J. 1993. Highly oblique impacts into thick and thin targets. International Journal of Impact Engineering 14:157-168.
5. Cintala M. J., Berthoud L., and Hörz F. 1999. Ejection-velocity distributions from impacts into coarse-grained sand. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 34:605-623.
6. Cook A. C., Robinson M. S., and Watters T. R. 2000. Planet-wide lunar digital elevation model (abstract # 1978). 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. CD-ROM.
7. Ekholm A. G. and Melosh H. J. 2001. Crater features diagnostic of oblique impacts: The size and position of the central peak. Geophysical Research Letters 28:623-626.
8. Gault D. E. and Wedekind J. A. 1978. Experimental studies of oblique impact, Proceedings, 9th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. pp. 3843-3875.
9. Hartmann W. K. 1999. Martian cratering VI: Crater count isochrons and evidence for recent volcanism from Mars Global Surveyor. Meteoritics & Planetary, Science 34:167-178.
10. Herrick R. R. and Phillips R. J. 1994. Effects of the venusian atmosphere on incoming meteoroids and the impact crater population. Icarus 112:253-281.
11. Herrick R. R. and Sharpton V. L. 2000. Implications from stereoderived topography of venusian impact craters. Journal of Geophysical Research 105:20245-20262.
12. Hörz F., Grieve R., Heiken G., Spudis P., and Binder A. 1991. Lunar surface processes. In Lunar sourcebook, edited by Heiken G. H., Vaniman D. T., and French B. M. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp, 61-120.
13. Housen K. R., Schmidt R. M., and Holsapple K. A. 1983. Crater ejecta scaling laws: Fundamental forms based on dimensional analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 88:2485-2499.
14. Ivanov B. A. 1990. Venusian impact craters on Magellan images: View from Veneta 15/16. Earth, Moon, and Planets 50/51:159-173.
15. Ivanov B. A., Basilevsky A. T, Kryuchkov V. P., and Chemaya I. M. 1986. Impact craters of Venus: Analysis of Venera 15 and 16 data. Journal of Geophysical Research 91:D413-D430.
16. Johnson R. R. 1973. Elementary statistics. North Scituate: Duxbury Press. 480 p.
17. Margot J. L., Nolan M. C.. Benner L. A. M., Ostro S. J., Jurgens R. F., Giorgini J. D., Slade M. A., and Campbell D. B. 2001. Binary asteroids in the near-Earth object population. Science 296:1445-1448.
18. McKinnon W. B., Zahnle K. J., Ivanov B. A., and Melosh H. J. 1997. Cratering on Venus: Models and observations. In Venus II, edited by Bougher S. W., Hunten D. M., and Phillips R. J. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 969-1014.
19. Melosh 1989. Impact cratering: A geologic process. New York: Oxford University Press. 245 p.
20. Nozette S., Rustan P., Pleasance L. P, Horan D. M., Regeon P., Shoemaker E. M., Spudis P. D., Acton C. H., Baker D. N., Blamont J. E., Buratti B. J., Corson M. P., Davies M. E., Duxbury T. C., Eliason E. M., Jaksoky B. M., Kordas J. F., Lewis I. T., Lichtenberg C. L., Lucey P. G., Malaret E., Massie M. A., Resnick J. H., Rollins C. J., Park H. S., McEwen A. S., Priest R. E., Pieters C. M., Reisse R. A., Robinson M. S., Simpson R. A., Smith D. E., Sorenson T. C., Vorden Breugge R. W., and Zuber M. T. 1994. The Clementine mission to the Moon: Scientific overview. Science 266:1835-1839.
21. Nyquist L. E. 1984. The oblique impact hypothesis and relative probabilities of lunar and martian meteorites. Proceedings, 14th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Journal of Geophysical Research 89: B631-B640.
22. Phillips R. J., Schaber G. G., Arvidson R. E., Boyce J. M., Campbell D. B., Guest J. E., and Soderblom L. A. 1991. Initial analysis of Venus impact craters with Magellan data. Science 252:288-297.
23. Phillips R. J., Raubertas R. F., Arvidson R. E., Sarkar I. C., Herrick R. R., Izenberg N., and Grimm R. E. 1992. Impact crater distribution and the resurfacing history of Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:15923-15948.
24. Pierazzo E. and Melosh H. J. 2000. Understanding oblique impacts from experiments, observations, and modeling. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 28:141-167.
25. Pike R. J. 1980. Geometric interpretation of lunar craters. Washington D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1046-C, NASA SP-362. 77 p.
26. Schmidt R. M. 1980. Meteor crater-Implications of centrifuge scaling. Proceedings, 11th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. pp. 2099-2128.
27. Schultz P. H. 1976. Moon morphology. Austin: University of Texas Press. 626 p.
28. Schultz P. H. 1992a. Atmospheric effects on cratering efficiency. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:975-1006.
29. Schultz P. H. 1992b, Atmospheric effects on ejecta emplacement. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:11623-11662.
30. Schultz P. H. 1992c. Atmospheric effects on ejecta emplacement and crater formation on Venus from Magellan. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:16183-16248.
31. Schultz P. H. and Gault D. E. 1985. Clustered impacts: Experiments and implications. Journal of Geophysical Research 90:3701-3732.
32. Schultz P. H. and Lutz-Garihan A. B. 1982. Grazing impacts on Mars: A record of lost satellites. Proceedings, 13th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Journal of Geophysical Research 87:A84-A96.
33. Schultz P. H., Heineck J. T., and Anderson J. L. B. 2000. Using 3-D PIV in laboratory impact experiments (abstract #1902). 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. CD-ROM.
34. Sharpton V. L. 1994. Evidence from Magellan for unexpectedly deep complex craters on Venus. In Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution, edited by Dressler B. O., Grieve R. A. F., and Sharpton V. L. Boulder: Geological Society of America. Special Paper 293. pp. 19-27.
35. Shoemaker E. M. 1962. Interpretation of lunar craters. In Physics and astronomy of the Moon, edited by Kopal Z. New York: Academic Press. pp. 283-351.
36. Shoemaker E. M. and Wolfe R. F. 1982. Cratering time scales for the Galilean satellites. In Satellites of Jupiter, edited by Morrison D. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 277-339.
37. Tauber M. E. and Kirk D. B. 1976. Impact craters on Venus. Icarus 28:351-357.
38. Zuber M. T., Smith D. E., Lemoine F. G. and Neumann G. A. 1994. The shape and internal structure of the Moon from the Clementine mission. Science 266:1839-1843.