Land-Target Crater
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_456-2
Definition
Crater resulting from a hypervelocity impact into rock, often used as a "standard" for the cratering mechanism in comparisons to marine-target craters, e.g., on Earth) (Ormö et al. 2006).
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Origin of Term
“Subaerial”: literally “under the air.”
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References
- Ormö J, Lindström M, Lepinette A, Martinez-Frias J, Diaz-Martinez E (2006) Cratering and modification of wet-target craters: projectile impact experiments and field observations of the Lockne marine-target crater (Sweden). Meteorit Planet Sci 41(10):1605–1612CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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