A depth versus diameter scaling relationship for the best-preserved melt-bearing complex craters on Mars

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العنوان: A depth versus diameter scaling relationship for the best-preserved melt-bearing complex craters on Mars
المؤلفون: Gordon R. Osinski, Joseph M. Boyce, Alfred S. McEwen, Tanya N. Harrison, Victor Ling, Wesley A. Watters, Livio L. Tornabene
المصدر: Icarus. 299:68-83
بيانات النشر: Elsevier BV, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, biology, Elevation, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mars Exploration Program, Impactite, biology.organism_classification, Overprinting, 01 natural sciences, Complex crater, Mola, Impact crater, Space and Planetary Science, Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Geomorphology, Geology, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Remote sensing
الوصف: We use topographic data to show that impact craters with pitted floor deposits are among the deepest on Mars. This is consistent with the interpretation of pitted materials as primary crater-fill impactite deposits emplaced during crater formation. Our database consists of 224 pitted material craters ranging in size from ∼1 to 150 km in diameter. Our measurements are based on topographic data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and the High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC). We have used these craters to measure the relationship between crater diameter and the initial post-formation depth. Depth was measured as maximum rim-to-floor depth, ( d r ), but we also report the depth measured using other definitions. The database was down-selected by refining or removing elevation measurements from “problematic” craters affected by processes and conditions that influenced their d r /D, such as pre-impact slopes/topography and later overprinting craters. We report a maximum (deepest) and mean scaling relationship of d r = ( 0.347 ± 0.021 ) D 0.537 ± 0.017 and d r = ( 0.323 ± 0.017 ) D 0.538 ± 0.016 , respectively. Our results suggest that significant variations between previously-reported MOLA-based d r vs. D relationships may result from the inclusion of craters that: 1) are influenced by atypical processes ( e.g. , highly oblique impact), 2) are significantly degraded, 3) reside within high-strength regions, and 4) are transitional (partially collapsed). By taking such issues into consideration and only measuring craters with primary floor materials, we present the best estimate to date of a MOLA-based relationship of d r vs. D for the least-degraded complex craters on Mars. This can be applied to crater degradation studies and provides a useful constraint for models of complex crater formation.
تدمد: 0019-1035
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.003
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::dcd97a1dc4f0ca6fcc57343ed7eb42ff
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.003
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الوصف
تدمد:00191035
DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.003