Impact Cratering  II

Spring 2003

Photogeology of Cratered Surfaces

1. Laboratory Simulations of Cratering

   Development of a cratered surface
   Crater morphology and regolith thickness

2. Lunar Craters

• Prototype Lunar Crater
• Floor-fractured Crater
• Orientale Basin
• Orientale Basin (inner part)
• Orientale Geologic Map
• Secondary Impact Craters
• King Crater
• Variety of Lunar Craters

3. Mercurian Craters

• Gravity Dependence of Ejecta
• Variety of Mercurian Craters

4. Martian Craters

• Typical Fluidized Ejecta Blanket
• Variety of Martian Craters

5. Venusian Craters

• Variety of Venusian Craters

6. Age Determinations

Ancient and Maria Cratered Surfaces:

Ages [pdf version] [powerpoint version]

Impact hazard

- Bruce Murray -

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