The transition from complex crater to peak-ring basin on Mercury: New observations from MESSENGER flyby data and constraints on basin formation models

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1932-1948

  Baker, David M H ^a   Head, James W ^a   Schon, Samuel C ^a   Ernst, Carolyn M ^b   Prockter, Louise M ^b   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Denevi, Brett W ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^c   Strom, Robert G ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin; Crater; Impact process; Mercury; MESSENGER; Peak ring

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CRATER; IMPACT PROCESS; MESSENGER; PEAK RING;

LIBRARIES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 82455164321     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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