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Simple Craters

Simple Craters is a morphological class of impact crater characterized by a bowl-shaped depression with minimal structural complexity, distinguished from more evolved craters by the absence of terraced walls, central peaks, or multi-ring structures.

65

Publications

5.9K

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207

Authors

98

Institutions

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2017–2026

20

Variants

Simple Crater

Parents

Publications

65

The geologic history of the Moon

D. E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, N.J. Trask · USGS professional paper · 1987 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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IMPACT CRATER COLLAPSE

H. J. Melosh, B. A. Ivanov · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1999 · 535 citations

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Gravity Field of the Moon from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Mission

M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, M. M. Watkins et al. · Science · 2012 · 517 citations

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The geophysical signature of terrestrial impact craters

Mark Pilkington, R. A. F. Grieve · Reviews of Geophysics · 1992 · 388 citations

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The scaling of complex craters

Steven K. Croft · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 262 citations

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Authors

207

  1. RA
    R. A. F. Grieve

    Geological Survey of Canada, Canada

    7 publications · 602 citations

    7

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  2. PS
    P. Schenk

    Lunar and Planetary Institute, United States

    6 publications · 480 citations

    6

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  3. RJ
    Richard J. Pike

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    4 publications · 305 citations

    4

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  4. TK
    T. Kenkmann

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    4 publications · 167 citations

    4

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  5. SC
    Stéphanie C. Werner

    University of Oslo, Norway

    3 publications · 145 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

98

  1. Lunar and Planetary Institute

    Houston, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    748 citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    768 citations

  4. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    361 citations

  5. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    887 citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.9K citations

  7. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    605 citations

  8. Museum für Naturkunde

    Berlin, Germany

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    375 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

    16 publications · 848 citations

    15

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 11 publications · 965 citations

    11

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  3. Meteoritics and Planetary Science

    10 publications · 340 citations

    10

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    4 publications · 166 citations

    4

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  5. Science

    3 publications · 726 citations

    3

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