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fayalit t1_j72cf0v wrote
Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in Do we have any records of meteor impacts on the moon? Is there any way to monitor this? by AnonymousAutonomous
I'm curious about whether it would be possible to create a calibrated dating curve for lunar impact craters similar to how LaHusen et al., 2016 did for landslides in a particular river valley in Washington.
I vaguely remember hearing that, similar to landslides, impact craters start out with a high surface roughness but become smoother over time. This presupposes high quality DTMs of the lunar surface so it's purely theoretical. But I'm curious if it's possible to calibrate a roughness curve with some absolute dates or if the surface processes or timescales are just too dissimilar to be comparable.
CrustalTrudger t1_j72ej90 wrote
There are similar things, e.g., Fassett & Thomson, 2014 use estimates of diffusion rates and diffusion modelling to work out estimates of crater ages.
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