Mars/Moon Cratering Rate Ratio Estimates

This article presents a method to adapt the lunar production function, i.e. the frequency of impacts with a given size of a formed crater as discussed by Neukum et al. (2001), to Mars. This requires to study the nature of crater-forming projectiles, the impact rate difference, and the scaling laws f...

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Published inSpace science reviews Vol. 96; no. 1-4; pp. 87 - 104
Main Author Ivanov, Boris A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.04.2001
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Production functions
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Summary:This article presents a method to adapt the lunar production function, i.e. the frequency of impacts with a given size of a formed crater as discussed by Neukum et al. (2001), to Mars. This requires to study the nature of crater-forming projectiles, the impact rate difference, and the scaling laws for the impact crater formation. These old-standing questions are reviewed, and examples for the re-calculation of the production function from the moon to Mars are given.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0038-6308
1572-9672
DOI:10.1023/A:1011941121102