Publication Date:
2006-03-27
Description:
Many similarities between Martian and lunar multi-ringed basins are outlined. There is a similar relation between basin size and number of rings; the second ring seems to appear in the crater-basin continuum in roughly the same diameter range. The similarities are tentatively considered great enough to indicate that Martian and lunar basins were formed by the same process. Morphological and statistical studies of lunar basins have strongly indicated this process to be impact.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
JPL Mariner Mars 1971 Proj., Vol. 4; p 89-102
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