Modeling the morphological diversity of impact craters on icy satellites

Icarus

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-81

  Senft, Laurel E ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Callisto; Cratering; Ganymede; Ices; Interiors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959554690     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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