Structural uplift and ejecta thickness of lunar mare craters: New insights into the formation of complex crater rims

Keywords

Impact crater, Ejecta, Geology, Bedrock, Lunar craters

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• Deriving Morphometric Parameters and the Simple‐to‐Complex Transition Diameter From a High‐Resolution, Global Database of Fresh Lunar Impact Craters (D ≥ ~ 3 km)T. Krüger, Stefan Hergarten, T. Kenkmann — 2018
• Regolith mixing by impacts: Lateral diffusion of basin meltTiantian Liu, Greg Michael, Juliane Engelmann — 2018
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• The terrestrial impact crater record: A statistical analysis of morphologies, structures, ages, lithologies, and moreT. Kenkmann — 2021
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