Ages of very large impact basins on Mars: Implications for the late heavy bombardment in the inner solar system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Frey, Herbert ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT BASINS; LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; SHARP PEAK;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

CHRONOLOGY; CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 53749103974     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033515     Document Type: Article

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