The size-frequency distribution of elliptical impact craters

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Collins, G S ^a   Elbeshausen, D ^b   Davison, T M ^a   Robbins, S J ^c   Hynek, B M ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptical crater; Impact craters; Numerical modeling; Oblique impact

Indexed keywords

3-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION; CRATER DIAMETER; CRATER SIZES; ELLIPTICAL CRATERS; IMPACT ANGLES; IMPACT CRATERING; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACTORS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MODEL AND OBSERVATION; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMERICAL MODELING; OBLIQUE IMPACT; PLANFORM; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; TARGET STRENGTH; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; THRESHOLD ANGLE;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MERCURY (METAL); MOON; PLANETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRATER; IMPACT; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBLIQUITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 80052033395     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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