Effect of volatile and target lithology on the generation and emplacement of impact crater fill and ejecta deposits on Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1571-1586

  Osinski, Gordon R ^a  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATERING; EJECTA; EMPLACEMENT; LITHOLOGY; MARS;

EID: 33750596701     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00436.x     Document Type: Article

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