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impact craters

Description: Circular depressions on solid planetary bodies formed when impacting objects strike their surfaces, studied in planetary science and geology.
Wikidata ID: wiki/Q55818
OpenAlex ID: keywords/impact-structures
Impact cratering—A geologic process
1989 · Michael E. Lipschutz · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2,243
Impact and Explosion Cratering
1984 · S.K. Runcorn · Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors · 1,314
The geologic history of the Moon
1987 · Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, et al. · USGS professional paper · 1,125
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Evidence for Recent Groundwater Seepage and Surface Runoff on Mars
2000 · Michael C. Malin, Kenneth S. Edgett · Science · 1,082
Chicxulub Crater: A possible Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary impact crater on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
1991 · Alan R. Hildebrand, Glen T. Penfield, et al. · Geology · 959
Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1
2005 · M. F. A'Hearn, M. J. S. Belton, et al. · Science · 856
The Jupiter System Through the Eyes of Voyager 1
1979 · Bradford A. Smith, Laurence A. Soderblom, et al. · Science · 780
75th Anniversary: The historical development of the magnetic method in exploration
2005 · M. N. Nabighian, V. J. S. Grauch, et al. · Geophysics · 714
Cratering Records in the Inner Solar System in Relation to the Lunar Reference System
2001 · G. Neukum, B.A. Ivanov, et al. · Space Science Reviews · 707
Traces of catastrophe: a handbook of shock-metamorphic effects in terrestrial meteorite impact structures
1999 · French, Bevan M. · Choice Reviews Online · 689
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Map-projection-independent crater size-frequency determination in GIS environments—New software tool for ArcGIS
2010 · T. Kneissl, S. van Gasselt, et al. · Planetary and Space Science · 562
The global surface temperatures of the Moon as measured by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment
2016 · J.-P. Williams, D.A. Paige, et al. · Icarus · 533
High-Resolution Thermal Inertia Mapping from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer
2000 · M Mellon · Icarus · 530
Modeling damage and deformation in impact simulations
2004 · Gareth S. Collins, H. Jay Melosh, et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 516
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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm
2012 · C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond, et al. · Science · 507
Geology and distribution of impact craters on Venus: What are they telling us?
1992 · G. G. Schaber, R. G. Strom, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 473
Shock metamorphism of planetary silicate rocks and sediments: Proposal for an updated classification system
2017 · Dieter Stöffler, Christopher Hamann, et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 468
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Standard techniques for presentation and analysis of crater size-frequency data
1979 · Crater analysis techniques working group · Icarus · 455
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Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and Comets on the Earth
1982 · Geological Society of America eBooks · 431
Imaging of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft
2005 · Carolyn C. Porco, Emily Baker, et al. · Nature · 424
Impact‐induced thermal effects in the lunar and Mercurian regoliths
1992 · Mark J. Cintala · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 421
Chemistry and mineralogy of outcrops at Meridiani Planum
2005 · B.C. Clark, R.V. Morris, et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 402
Cratering History and Lunar Chronology
2006 · D. Stoffler · Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry · 392
Lunar surface rock abundance and regolith fines temperatures derived from LRO Diviner Radiometer data
2011 · Joshua L. Bandfield, Rebecca R. Ghent, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 384
Geologic setting of serpentine deposits on Mars
2010 · B. L. Ehlmann, J. F. Mustard, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 384
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Citation count: 137,000
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