Impact crater

Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

J. P. Grotzinger, J. A. Crisp, A. R. Vasavada, Robert C. Anderson, Charles J. Baker, Robert Barry, D. F. Blake, P. G. Conrad, K. S. Edgett, Bobak Ferdowski, R. Gellert, John B. Gilbert, M. P. Golombek, Javier Gómez‐Elvira, Donald M. Hassler, Louise Jandura, M. L. Litvak, P. R. Mahaffy, J. N. Maki, Michael A. Meÿer, M. C. Malin, И. Г. Митрофанов, John J. Simmonds, D. T. Vaniman, Richard V. Welch, R. C. Wiens

Citations: 816 • 2012

Geochemistry of Carbonates on Mars: Implications for Climate History and Nature of Aqueous Environments

P. B. Niles, David C. Catling, Gilles Berger, Éric Chassefière, B. L. Ehlmann, J. R. Michalski, R. V. Morris, Steven W. Ruff, Brad Sutter

Citations: 174 • 2012

Summary of the results from the lunar orbiter laser altimeter after seven years in lunar orbit

David E. Smith, M. T. Zuber, G. A. Neumann, E. Mazarico, F. G. Lemoine, J. W. Head, P. G. Lucey, O. Aharonson, M. S. Robinson, Xiaoli Sun, M. H. Torrence, M. K. Barker, Juergen Oberst, T. Duxbury, O. S. Barnouin, K. Jha, D. D. Rowlands, Sander Goossens, D. M. H. Baker, Sven Bauer, Philipp Gläser, M. Lemelin, M. A. Rosenburg, Michael M. Sori, J. L. Whitten, T. P. McClanahan

Citations: 173 • 2016

Confirmation of sublunarean voids and thin layering in mare deposits

M. S. Robinson, J. W. Ashley, A. K. Boyd, R. V. Wagner, E. J. Speyerer, B. R. Hawke, H. Hiesinger, C. H. van der Bogert

Citations: 162 • 2012

Impact crater lakes on Mars

H. E. Newsom, Gregory E. Brittelle, C. A. Hibbitts, Laura J. Crossey, Albert M. Kudo

Citations: 137 • 1996

The Sampling and Caching Subsystem (SCS) for the Scientific Exploration of Jezero Crater by the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover

R. Moeller, Louise Jandura, Keith Rosette, Matt Robinson, Jessica Samuels, Milo Silverman, Kyle Brown, Elizabeth R. Duffy, Aaron Yazzie, Elizabeth T. Jens, Iona Brockie, Lauren M. White, Y. S. Goreva, Torsten Zorn, Avi Okon, Justin Lin, Matthew Frost, Curtis Collins, Jeffrey B. Williams, Adam Steltzner, Fei Chen, Jeff Biesiadecki

Citations: 134 • 2020

Results from the Mars Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm experiment

R. E. Arvidson, R.G. Bonitz, Matt Robinson, J. Carsten, R. Volpe, A. Trebi‐Ollennu, M. T. Mellon, Paul K. Chu, Kiel Davis, Jim Wilson, Amy Shaw, R. N. Greenberger, K. L. Siebach, T. C. Stein, Selby Cull, W. Goetz, R. V. Morris, D. W. Ming, H. U. Keller, M. T. Lemmon, H. G. Sizemore, M. Mehta

Citations: 132 • 2009

Craters on Mars: Global Geometric Properties from Gridded MOLA Topography

J. B. Garvin, S. E. H. Sakimoto, J. J. Frawley

Citations: 129 • 2003

Evidence for plunging river plume deposits in the Pahrump Hills member of the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

K. M. Stack, J. P. Grotzinger, Michael P. Lamb, Sanjeev Gupta, David M. Rubin, Linda C. Kah, L. A. Edgar, Deirdra M. Fey, J. A. Hurowitz, Marie McBride, F. Rivera‐Hernández, D. Y. Sumner, Jason Van Beek, R. M. E. Williams, Robin Aileen Yingst

Citations: 126 • 2018

New estimates for the sublimation rate for ice on the Moon

Edgar L. Andreas

Citations: 123 • 2006

Volcanological applications of unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS): Developments, strategies, and future challenges

M. R. James, B. B. Carr, Fiona D’Arcy, A. K. Diefenbach, Hannah R. Dietterich, Alessandro Fornaciai, Einat Lev, Emma Liu, David C. Pieri, Mel Rodgers, Benoît Smets, Akihiko Terada, Felix W. von Aulock, Thomas R. Walter, Kieran Wood, Edgar U. Zorn

Citations: 109 • 2020

Size‐frequency distributions of rocks on the northern plains of Mars with special reference to Phoenix landing surfaces

M. P. Golombek, A. Huertas, Jeffrey Marlow, B. S. McGrane, Channing K. Klein, Manuel Martínez, R. E. Arvidson, T. Heet, L. Barry, K. D. Seelos, Douglas Adams, W. Li, J. Matijevic, T. J. Parker, H. G. Sizemore, M. T. Mellon, A. S. McEwen, L. K. Tamppari, Yang Cheng

Citations: 104 • 2008

Raman spectroscopic analysis of cyanobacterial gypsum halotrophs and relevance for sulfate deposits on Mars

Howell G. M. Edwards, Susana E. Jorge Villar, John Parnell, Charles S. Cockell, Pascal Lee

Citations: 89 • 2005

Survival times of meter-sized rock boulders on the surface of airless bodies

A. T. Basilevsky, J. W. Head, F. Hörz, K. R. Ramsley

Citations: 83 • 2015

The Miniature Radio Frequency instrument’s (Mini-RF) global observations of Earth’s Moon

J. T. S. Cahill, B. J. Thomson, G. W. Patterson, D. Benjamin J. Bussey, C. D. Neish, Norberto R. Lopez, F. S. Turner, T. Aldridge, Maggie McAdam, Heather Meyer, R. K. Raney, Lynn M. Carter, P. D. Spudis, H. Hiesinger, J. H. Pasckert

Citations: 80 • 2014

Exploring Mount Erebus by walking robot

David Wettergreen, Chuck Thorpe, Red Whittaker

Citations: 79 • 1993

Origin of discrepancies between crater size-frequency distributions of coeval lunar geologic units via target property contrasts

C. H. van der Bogert, H. Hiesinger, C. M. Dundas, T. Krüger, A. S. McEwen, M. Zanetti, M. S. Robinson

Citations: 73 • 2016

Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar Samples

Romain Tartèse, M. Anand, J. Gattacceca, K. H. Joy, James Mortimer, J. F. Pernet‐Fisher, S. S. Russell, J. F. Snape, B. P. Weiss

Citations: 71 • 2019

Claritas rise, Mars: Pre-Tharsis magmatism?

J. M. Dohm, Robert C. Anderson, J. P. Williams, Javier Ruíz, Patrick McGuire, D. L. Buczkowski, Ruye Wang, L. Scharenbroich, T. M. Hare, J. E. P. Connerney, Victor R. Baker, Shawn J. Wheelock, J. C. Ferris

Citations: 71 • 2009

Effect of volatiles and target lithology on the generation and emplacement of impact crater fill and ejecta deposits on Mars

G. R. Osinski

Citations: 59 • 2006