Morphology and geometry of the distal ramparts of Martian impact craters

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1469-1482

  Mouginis Mark, Peter J ^a   Baloga, Stephen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT; MARS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANET;

EID: 33750593462     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00430.x     Document Type: Article

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