Possible long-term decline in impact rates. 1. Martian geological data

Icarus

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Quantin, Cathy ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^b   Hartmann, William K ^c   Allemand, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845220044     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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