The Lunar rayed-crater population - Characteristics of the spatial distribution and ray retention

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 147-158

  Werner, Stephanie C ^a   Medvedev, Sergei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cratering; Moon; Rate; Ray retention; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; CRATER POPULATION; CRATER SIZES; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; EXTREME VALUE; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; GLOBAL STATISTICS; HIGH LATITUDES; IMPACT CRATERS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; LUNAR SURFACE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ORBITAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE AGE;

GALLIUM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PROJECTILES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

MOON;

IMPACT STRUCTURE; LUNAR METEORITE; MARE BASALT; MOON; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77953028452     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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