Dynamical erosion of the asteroid belt and implications for large impacts in the inner Solar System

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 744-757

  Minton, David A ^a   Malhotra, Renu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Asteroids, Dynamics; Cratering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952580807     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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