Constraints on early events in Martian history as derived from the cratering record.
Abstract
The shapes and densities of crater size-frequency distribution curves are used to constrain two major events early in Martian history: termination of high obliteration rates and viability of the multiple impact origin of the crustal dichotomy.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- August 1990
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1990JGR....9514191B
- Keywords:
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- Erosion;
- Mars Craters;
- Meteorite Collisions;
- Planetary Crusts;
- Mars Surface;
- Mercury (Planet);
- Moon;
- Structural Basins;
- Mars: Early History;
- Mars: Impact Phenomena