A depth versus diameter scaling relationship for the best-preserved melt-bearing complex craters on Mars
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Tornabene, Livio L.Watters, Wesley A.
Osinski, Gordon R.
Boyce, Joseph M.
Harrison, Tanya N.
Ling, Victor
McEwen, Alfred S.
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Univ Arizona, Lunar & Planetary LabIssue Date
2018-01-01
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Tornabene, L. L., Watters, W. A., Osinski, G. R., Boyce, J. M., Harrison, T. N., Ling, V., & McEwen, A. S. (2018). A depth versus diameter scaling relationship for the best-preserved melt-bearing complex craters on Mars. Icarus, 299, 68-83.Journal
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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 similar to 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 dr 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. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Note
24 month embargo; published online: 14 July 2017ISSN
00191035Version
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0019103516308363ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.003