Crater geometry and ejecta thickness of the Martian impact crater tooting

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1615-1625

  Mouginis Mark, Peter J ^a   Garbeil, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 38549160551     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00594.x     Document Type: Article

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