Crater population and resurfacing of the Martian north polar layered deposits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Banks, Maria E ^a,b   Byrne, Shane ^a   Galla, Kapil ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^a   Bray, Veronica J ^a   Dundas, Colin M ^a   Fishbaugh, Kathryn E ^b   Herkenhoff, Kenneth E ^c   Murray, Bruce C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CRATER; DEPOSITION; LAYERED MEDIUM; MARS; MASS BALANCE; MORPHOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956318844     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003523     Document Type: Article

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