Identification of volcanic rootless cones, ice mounds, and impact craters on Earth and Mars: Using spatial distribution as a remote sensing tool

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Bruno, Barb C ^a   Fagents, S A ^a   Hamilton, C W ^a   Burr, D M ^b   Baloga, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EARTH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750606712     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002510     Document Type: Article

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