Machine cataloging of impact craters on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-87

  Stepinski, Tomasz F ^a   Mendenhall, Michael P ^b   Bue, Brian D ^c  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mars; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749083272     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.026     Document Type: Article

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