Identification of large (2-10 km) rayed craters on Mars in THEMIS thermal infrared images: Implications for possible Martian meteorite source regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Tornabene, Livio L ^a,b   Moersch, Jeffrey E ^a   McSween, Harry Y ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^b   Piatek, Jennifer L ^a   Milam, Keith A ^a,c   Christensen, Phillip R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DATA SET; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MARS; METEORITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

EID: 33845609636     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002600     Document Type: Article

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