Planetary surface dating from crater size-frequency distribution measurements: Spatial randomness and clustering

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-177

  Michael, G G ^a   Platz, T ^a   Kneissl, T ^a   Schmedemann, N ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cratering; Geological processes; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855808737     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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