Ejecta size-velocity relation derived from the distribution of the secondary craters of kilometer-sized craters on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1103-1108

  Hirase, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakamura, Akiko M ^a   Michikami, Tatsuhiro ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cratering; Ejecta; Mars; MOC

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PROJECTILES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SPALLING; TESTING; VELOCITY;

CRATERING; EJECTA; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR (MGS); MARS ORBITER CAMERA (MOC);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 6444223107     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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