Mapping Buried Impacts Craters Using Ground-penetrating Radar: Mapping Some Structural Elements of the Largest Impact Field in the Western Egyptian Desert

Essam Heggy (1) , Philippe Paillou (1, 2, 3) , D. Mills , S. M. Clifford (4)

1 L3AB - Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux
2 OASU - Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers
3 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
4 LPI - Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston]

We present ground penetrating profiles of a number of relatively small buried craters of 30 to 100 m diameters and 3 to 10 m deep located in the largest impact crater field recently discovered in Southwest of the Egyptian by Paillou et al. in early 2004.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Essam Heggy, Philippe Paillou, D. Mills, S. M. Clifford. Mapping Buried Impacts Craters Using Ground-penetrating Radar: Mapping Some Structural Elements of the Largest Impact Field in the Western Egyptian Desert. 2005LPI..36.2375H - 36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.2375, 2005, United States. ⟨hal-00405656⟩