Grains and Craters (IMAGE)

American Physical Society

Grains and Craters

Caption

Low-packed projectiles produce simple shallow craters with a thin layer of the projectile material covering it. High packed ones produce deeper craters and central peaks surrounded by the sprayed material.

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F. Pacheco-Vazquez and J.C. Ruiz-Suarez

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