Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
May 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pggp.rept..408w&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1986 p 408-410 (SEE N87-23341 16-91)
Physics
Geophysics
Ejecta, Mercury Surface, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Projectile Cratering, Volcanoes, Plains, Statistical Correlation, Terrain Analysis
Scientific paper
Two principal processes have been invoked for emplacement of the intercrater plains: (1) basin ejecta and autochthonous surface materials reworked by that ejecta or (2) volcanic flows. A new approach was taken: the multivariate statistical analysis of crater class. The results of the analysis constrain the formative process of the intercrater plains units to have affected craters on both terrains in a similar manner. Any emplacement process brief in temporal extent (compared to the period of late heavy bombardment), such as emplacement of ejecta from a single event or a brief period of extensive volcanism, violates this constraint. This analysis is briefly discussed.
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