Generation and emplacement of fine-grained ejecta in planetary impacts

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 818-835

  Ghent, Rebecca R ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Campbell, B A ^b   Ferguson, S A ^a   Brown, J C W ^a   Fergason, R L ^c   Carter, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mars; Moon; Radar observations; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956339465     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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