Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms

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Ricochet Crater

  • Robert R. HerrickEmail author
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_307-1
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Definition

An impact crater with an associated landform caused by ricochet and reimpact of the projectile (Fig. 1).
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References

  1. Chappelow JE, Herrick RR (2008) On the origin of a double, oblique impact on Mars. Icarus 197:452–457CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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  3. Herrick RR, Hessen KK (2006) The planforms of low-angle impact craters in the northern hemisphere of Mars. Meteorit Planet Sci 41(10):1483–1495CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Geophysical Institute, University of AlaskaFairbanksUSA