Morphometry of Large Martian Impact Structures and Implications for Resurfacing Processes on Mars
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RESURFACING PROCESSES ON MARS. Ryan B. Anderson, Walter S. Kiefer, Herbert V. Frey, and James H. Roark, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109, [email protected], Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston TX 77058, [email protected], Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771, [email protected], SAIC at the Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771.
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