Large impact crater histories of Mars: The effect of different model crater age techniques
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a Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, 3665 Discovery Drive, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States b Department of Geological Sciences, 3665 Discovery Drive, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States c UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States d Southwest Research Institute and NASA Lunar Science Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302, United States
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