Discussion of the problem of lunar crater genesis in the light of some considerations prompted by lunar and Martian crater similarities. By analogy with the moon, Martian craters seem both to vary in initial shape according to the energy of the impact that formed them and to have been modified subsequently by endogenic and surface processes. A proposed model for the geologic development of large Martian and lunar craters outlines a time-dependent sequence of events. Craters which have undergone rapid isostatic adjustment on the moon have distinctive morphologies and occur preferentially along mare basin-upland margins.
Genetic implications of the shapes of Martian and lunar craters.
Icarus ; 15
01.12.1971
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NTIS | 1971
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|Number Density of Martian Craters
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