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The oscillating peak model of basin and crater formation proposed by Murray is analysed mathematically. The results could be compared with some basins in order to confirm the basic ideas of this model.
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Dao-Han, C., Zeng-yuan, Y. & Bin, Z. A tentative mathematical description of the oscillating peak model of multi-ring basin formation. Earth Moon Planet 49, 247–252 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055178
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