Using Gamma Functions in the Mathematical Formulation of the Impact Crater Size-Age Frequency Distribution on Earth and Mars

2023/01/20 by Bruckman, William
#Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2301.08725

Abstract

A review of a mathematical formulation that describes the number of impact craters as function of diameter and time of formation is presented, where the use of Gamma functions is emphasized. The application of this formalism for the description of the impact crater data of Planets Earth and Mars is also discussed.

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