Crater size-frequency distributions and a revised Martian relative chronology

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Aug 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988icar...75..285b&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 75, Aug. 1988, p. 285-305.

Mathematics

Logic

88

Mars Craters, Mars Surface, Meteoritic Damage, Size Distribution, Chronology, Impact Damage, Planetary Evolution, Plotting, Solar System, Southern Hemisphere, Viking Mars Program, Volcanoes

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A relative plotting technique is applied to Viking 1:2M photomosaics of 25,826 Martian craters of diameter greater than 8 km and age younger than that of the Martian surface. The size-frequency distribution curves are calculated and analyzed in detail, and the results are presented in extensive tables and maps. It is found that about 60 percent of the crater-containing lithologic units, including many small volcanoes and the ridged planes, were formed during the heavy-bombardment period (HBP), while 40 percent arose after the HBP. Wide region-to-region variation in the crater density is noted, and localized age estimates are provided.

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