Vaduz, an unusual fresh crater on Mars: Evidence for impact into a recent ice-rich mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Schaefer, Ethan I ^a,b   Head, James W ^a   Kadish, Seth J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; SILICATES; CLIMATE CHANGE;

IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT EVENTS; MIDLATITUDES; THERMAL CONTRACTION; EMPLACEMENT; EXCESS EJECTA CRATER; GROUND ICE; MOST LIKELY;

ICE;

BEDROCK; CRATER; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRAGMENTATION; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; LATITUDE; MANTLE; MARS; POLYGON; REGOLITH; SNOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 79953881297     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046605     Document Type: Article

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