Terraced Craters and Layered Targets
Small impact craters usually have simple bowl shapes; however, when the target material has different layers of different strength, then more complicated crater shapes can emerge as shown in image captured by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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PIA17631
Date Created
September 12, 2013
Center
JPL
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