What Is a Polygonal Impact Crater? A Proposed Framework Toward Quantifying Crater Shapes
Abstract Impact craters are used for a wide array of investigations of planetary surfaces. A crater form that is somewhat rare, forming only ∼10% of impact craters, is the polygonal impact crater (or PIC). These craters have been visually, manually identified as having at least two rim segments that...
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| Language: | English |
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2023-07-01
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| Series: | Earth and Space Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA002863 |