Deep impact craters in the Isidis and southwestern Utopia Planitia regions of Mars: High target material strength as a possible cause

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Boyce, Joseph M ^a   Mouginis Mark, Peter ^a   Garbeil, Harold ^a   Tornabene, Livio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OLIVINE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

DEEP IMPACT CRATERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; TARGET MATERIAL STRENGTH;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRATER; IMPACT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MARS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 33646484230     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024462     Document Type: Article

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