A new global database of Mars impact craters ≥1 km: 2. Global crater properties and regional variations of the simple-to-complex transition diameter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Robbins, Stuart J ^a   Hynek, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DATABASE; EJECTA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; MORPHOMETRY; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861166986     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003967     Document Type: Article

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