Rampart craters on Ganymede: Their implications for fluidized ejecta emplacement

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-661

  Boyce, Joseph ^a   Barlow, Nadine ^b   Mouginis Mark, Peter ^a   Stewart, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956042748     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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