Caloris impact basin: Exterior geomorphology, stratigraphy, morphometry, radial sculpture, and smooth plains deposits

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 297-308

  Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Head, James W ^a   Blewett, David T ^b   Chapman, Clark R ^c   Dickson, James L ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^d   Watters, Thomas R ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloris basin; Mercury; MESSENGER; smooth plains; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CALORIS BASIN; DISCRETE TIME; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; IMPACT BASINS; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT MELT; IMPACT PROCESS; MERCURY; MESSENGER; MORPHOMETRY; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; SMOOTH PLAINS; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; VAN EYCK;

MERCURY (METAL);

STRATIGRAPHY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRATER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MERCURY (PLANET); MORPHOMETRY; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 69049097010     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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