Geometric relationships of pristine Martian complex impact craters, and their implications to Mars geologic history

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Boyce, Joseph M ^a   Garbeil, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOLOGY; GEOMETRY; ROCKS;

CRATERS; MARS GEOLOGIC HISTORY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRATER; GEOMETRY; IMPACT; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 35948985500     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029731     Document Type: Article

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