The formation of floor-fractured craters in Xanthe Terra

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 248-264

  Sato, Hiroyuki ^a   Kurita, Kei ^b   Baratoux, David ^a  

^a IRAP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Impact processes; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950038445     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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