Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1774183 | Icarus | 2011 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We catalog and measure craters with complex and peak-ring morphologies on the Moon. ⺠The lunar trends in peak-ring and rim-crest diameters are similar to those on Mercury. ⺠Transitions in morphology are plausibly a function of changing melt volumes and depths of melting. ⺠Planetary parameters, gravity and mean impactor velocity, influence the final crater interior morphology.
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Authors
David M.H. Baker, James W. Head, Caleb I. Fassett, Seth J. Kadish, Dave E. Smith, Maria T. Zuber, Gregory A. Neumann,