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A mechanism for the production of crater rays
Author(s) -
SHUVALOV Valery
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
meteoritics and planetary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.09
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 1086-9379
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01324.x
Subject(s) - impact crater , mechanism (biology) , geology , shock (circulatory) , shock wave , astrobiology , production (economics) , geophysics , mechanics , physics , medicine , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
– A mechanism for the production of crater rays is proposed that is based on the interaction of impact‐induced shock waves with existing (old) craters. Numerical simulations are used to test this idea, and to study the influence of inherited craters’ size and location on the rays’ parameters. The results of the simulations show that crater rays (at least, some of them) could be produced through this mechanism.