Confident thickness estimates for planetary surface deposits from concealed crater populations

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 388-395

  Platz, T ^a   Michael, G G ^a   Neukum, G ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crater size frequency distribution; Lava flow; Lunar; Mare; Moon; Terrestrial bodies; Volcanic

Indexed keywords

BIN SIZE; CRATER DIAMETER; CRATER POPULATION; CRATER SIZES; CUMULATIVE NUMBER; DEPOSIT THICKNESS; DIFFERENT SCALE; LAVA FLOW; LAVA FLOWS; MINIMUM THICKNESS; NEW APPROACHES; PLANETARY SURFACES; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE UNITS;

DEPOSITS; MOON; VOLCANOES;

BINS;

CRATER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAVA FLOW; MARS; MOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 77951279598     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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