Eminescu impact structure: Insight into the transition from complex crater to peak-ring basin on Mercury

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1949-1959

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

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CRATER; IMPACT CRATERING; MESSENGER; PEAK RING;

MERCURY (METAL); MORPHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

MERCURY DEPOSITS;

EID: 82455171909     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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