Map-projection-independent crater size-frequency determination in GIS environments—New software tool for ArcGIS

Kneissl, T.; Gasselt, S. van; Neukum, G.

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.03.015

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“…On the right: stratigraphic column showing the correlation of map main units based on observed superposition relationships: undulated contacts represent an erosional relationship; brecciated texture represents generic crater materials pertaining to one of the three crater classes. On the left: time-stratigraphic system for Mercury modified from van Gasselt and Neukum (2011), the dashes inside the solid colours indicate approximate boundaries between periods. The dashed grey lines correlate the map units to the Mercurian periods, based on the estimated ages of SPn, IMP and ICP in literature (Marchi et al, 2013;Neukum, Oberst, Hoffmann, Wagner, & Ivanov, 2001;Ostrach et al, 2015;Whitten et al, 2014) and on the observed relationships.…”

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“…Some images were processed using ISIS3 (Integrated Software for Imagers and Spectrometers v3; Eliason, 1997;Gaddis et al, 1997;, software developed by the USGS, United States Geological Survey). For crater counting and plotting purposes we used Crater Tools (Kneissl, Van Gasselt, & Neukum, 2011) and Craterstats2 (e.g. see Michael & Neukum, 2010).…”

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Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury

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Mercury's quadrangle H02 'Victoria' is located in the planet's northern hemisphere and lies between latitudes 22.5°N and 65°N, and between longitudes 270°E and 360°E. This quadrangle covers 6.5% of the planet's surface with a total area of almost 5 million km 2 . Our 1:3,000,000-scale geologic map of the quadrangle was produced by photo-interpretation of remotely sensed orbital images captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft. Geologic contacts were drawn between 1:300,000 and 1:600,000 mapping scale and constitute the boundaries of intercrater, intermediate and smooth plains units; in addition, three morpho-stratigraphic classes of craters larger than 20 km were mapped. The geologic map reveals that this area is dominated by Intercrater Plains encompassing some almost-coeval, probably younger, Intermediate Plains patches and interrupted to the north-west, north-east and east by the Calorian Northern Smooth Plains. This map represents the first complete geologic survey of the Victoria quadrangle at this scale, and an improvement of the existing 1:5,000,000 Mariner 10-based map, which covers only 36% of the quadrangle. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury

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“…We measured impact craters to determine their size-frequency distribution (SFD) in areas of interest with the CraterTools extension (Kneissl et al, 2011) for the ESRI ArcMap 10 geographic information system program. The CraterTools extension computes a best-fit circle to three user-defined points on a crater rim and records the central latitude, longitude, and diameter to a project database.…”

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Extent, age, and resurfacing history of the northern smooth plains on Mercury from MESSENGER observations

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Robinson

Whitten

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“…We used statistical analyses of crater size-frequency distributions to estimate absolute model ages. For mapping and counting of craters, we used the 'Crater Tool' ArcGIS extension (Kneissl, van Gasselt, & Neukum, 2011). The resulting crater size-frequency curves were analyzed using 'Craterstats2' (Michael & Neukum, 2010) that has been designed to obtain ages of the affected geological units, based on both the chronology function of Hartmann and Neukum (2001) and the production function of Ivanov (2001).…”

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“…The software used for a semi-automatic delineation of knobs was Vextractor. Finally, the 'CraterTool' ArcGIS extension (Kneissl et al, 2011) and 'Craterstats2' software (Michael & Neukum, 2010) were used for statistical analysis of crater size-frequency distributions.…”

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Geology of the Ariadnes Basin, NE Eridania quadrangle, Mars – 1:1Million

Molina¹,

Pablo²,

Hauber³

et al. 2014

Journal of Maps

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Here we present a 1:1,000,000 geological map of the Ariadnes basin (31 -388 S, 170-1798 E) (Mars), which is one of the topographic depressions located between Terra Sirenum and Terra Cimmeria in the Martian highlands. This basin is diverse, both in terms of morphology and mineralogy, and it is a site of major interest to study the chronological boundary between the Noachian and Hesperian periods ( 3.71 Ga). However, a detailed map of the area has not yet been published. The map described in this paper was produced through the analysis of recent images and topographic data that allow the definition of the geologic units with unprecedented detail. We distinguished eight units and diverse tectonic and geomorphic features. We also examined the regional stratigraphy by age determination using crater counting in order to constrain the geological history of the Ariadnes basin. The map provides a basis for which later analyses can build understanding of the regional paleoenvironment.

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Map-projection-independent crater size-frequency determination in GIS environments—New software tool for ArcGIS

Cited by 458 publications

References 23 publications

Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury

Geology of the Victoria quadrangle (H02), Mercury

Extent, age, and resurfacing history of the northern smooth plains on Mercury from MESSENGER observations

Geology of the Ariadnes Basin, NE Eridania quadrangle, Mars – 1:1Million

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