Martian Cratering 10. Progress in use of crater counts to interpret geological processes: Examples from two debris aprons

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Hartmann, William K ^a   Werner, Stephanie C ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crater counting; Crater counting technique; Geomorphology from crater data; Mars; Mars debris aprons

Indexed keywords

CRATER COUNTING; CRATER COUNTING TECHNIQUE; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SURFACE OF MARS; SURVIVAL TIME;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

ICE;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATER; CRATERING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 77953290836     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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