Impact crater formation in icy layered terrains on Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1993-2013

  Senft, Laurel E ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60149097999     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00657.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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