Lunar impact crater identification and age estimation with Chang'E data by deep and transfer learning

C Yang, H Zhao, L Bruzzone, JA Benediktsson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Impact craters, which can be considered the lunar equivalent of fossils, are the most
dominant lunar surface features and record the history of the Solar System. We address the …

Unravelling the mystery of lunar anomalous craters using radar and infrared observations

W Fa, VR Eke - Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In Miniature Radio Frequency (Mini‐RF) radar images, anomalous craters are those having
a high circular polarization ratio (CPR) in their interior but not exterior to their rims. Previous …

Revised constraints on absolute age limits for Mercury's Kuiperian and Mansurian stratigraphic systems

ME Banks, Z Xiao, SE Braden… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Following an approach similar to that used for the Moon, Mercury's surface units were
subdivided into five time‐stratigraphic systems based on geologic mapping using Mariner …

A morphological evaluation of crater degradation on Mercury: Revisiting crater classification with MESSENGER data

MJ Kinczyk, LM Prockter, PK Byrne, HCM Susorney… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Observations of impact crater morphology can be used to gain insight into the geological
history and evolution of a planet's surface. Image data from the Mariner 10 mission revealed …

Giordano Bruno: Small crater populations––Implications for self-secondary cratering

JB Plescia, MS Robinson - Icarus, 2019 - Elsevier
Giordano Bruno is a lunar farside Copernican-age crater. The relatively few superposed
impact craters on its floor and ejecta blanket and extensive bright rays indicate its youth …

Quantitative Research on the Morphological Characteristics of Lunar Impact Craters of Different Stratigraphic Ages since the Imbrian Period

K Zhang, J Liu, L Zhang, Y Gu, Z Yue, S Zhang… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Impact craters serve as recorders of lunar evolutionary history, and determining the
stratigraphic ages of craters is crucial. However, the age of many craters on the Moon …

[HTML][HTML] Timing of explosive volcanism on Mercury: A morphological and spectral analysis

M Leon-Dasi, S Besse, LM Jozwiak, ER Jawin… - Icarus, 2025 - Elsevier
Explosive volcanic activity on Mercury extended after the end of the widespread effusive
volcanism era. While prior research has recognized a prolonged period of explosive …

An improved double-branch network for estimation of crater ages based on semi-supervised learning and multi-source Lunar data

Z Hong, L Zhong, X Tong, H Pan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While various methods have been developed to estimate the age of impact craters, such as
the crater size frequency distribution and morphology methods. Accurately and efficiently …

月球撞击坑辐射纹的形成和消失机制及可能的年代学应用

侯旭婷, 曹海军, 付晓辉, 张江, 李勃, 凌宗成 - 空间科学学报, 2022 - cjss.ac.cn
辐射纹是年轻撞击坑周缘呈辐射状分布的明亮细条纹, 是月表最显著的地貌特征之一,
也是月球科学领域热点研究之一. 根据目前对于月球撞击坑辐射纹的形成和类型的认识 …

Mapping Planetary Surface Ages at Ultimate Resolutions with Machine Learning: The Moon

JH Fairweather - 2023 - espace.curtin.edu.au
The density of impact craters upon a terrestrial surface can give an accurate estimate of the
surface's formation age. The Moon has hundreds of millions of impact craters scattered …