What we know about Mars from its impact craters

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 122, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 644-657

  Barlow, Nadine G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER SIZES; DEGRADATION RATE; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; IMPACT BASINS; IMPACT CRATERS; LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MARTIAN REGOLITH; MORPHOMETRY; NEAR-SURFACE; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

GALLIUM; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DEGRADATION;

CRATER; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TERRAIN;

EID: 77953794858     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30182.1     Document Type: Review

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