Could Pantheon Fossae be the result of the Apollodorus crater-forming impact within the Caloris basin, Mercury?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 320-327

  Freed, Andrew M ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^b   Watters, Thomas R ^c   Phillips, Roger J ^d   Zuber, Maria T ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollodorus crater; Caloris basin; Mercury; Pantheon Fossae

Indexed keywords

APOLLODORUS CRATER; CALORIS BASIN; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS; DAMAGE ZONES; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; FILL MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IMPACT CRATERS; INDUCED DAMAGE; MERCURY; PANTHEON FOSSAE; STRESS STATE;

MERCURY (METAL);

IMPACT STRENGTH;

BASIN; BASIN FILL; CRATER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRABEN; MERCURY (PLANET); NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 69049105311     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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