Martian subsurface properties and crater formation processes inferred from fresh impact crater geometries

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1509-1537

  Stewart, Sarah T ^a   Valiant, Gregory J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CRATER; DATA SET; EJECTA; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT; MARS;

EID: 33750602743     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00433.x     Document Type: Article

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