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Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
15372
World Ranking
1235
National Ranking
555

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

  • Cratering Chronology and the Evolution of Mars

    William K. Hartmann;Gerhard Neukum

  • Satellite-Sized Planetesimals and Lunar Origin

    William K. Hartmann;Donald R. Davis

  • Cratering Records in the Inner Solar System in Relation to the Lunar Reference System

    G. Neukum;B. A. Ivanov;W. K. Hartmann

  • Martian cratering 8: Isochron refinement and the chronology of Mars

    William K. Hartmann

  • Terrestrial, lunar, and interplanetary rock fragmentation

    William K. Hartmann

  • Preliminary mariner 9 report on the geology of Mars

    J.F. McCauley;M.H. Carr;J.A. Cutts;W.K. Hartmann

  • Voluminous volcanism on early Mars revealed in Valles Marineris

    Alfred S. McEwen;Michael C. Malin;Michael H. Carr;William K. Hartmann

  • Asteroids - The big picture

    Jeffrey F. Bell;Donald R. Davis;William K. Hartmann;Michael J. Gaffey

  • Early Views of the Martian Surface from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor

    M. C. Malin;M. H. Carr;G. E. Danielson;M. E. Davies

  • The Time-Dependent Intense Bombardment of the Primordial Earth/Moon System

    W. K. Hartmann;G. Ryder;L. Dones;D. Grinspoon

  • Origin of the Moon

    William K. Hartmann;Roger J. Phillips;G. Jeffrey Taylor

  • Evidence for recent volcanism on Mars from crater counts

    William K. Hartmann;Michael Malin;Alfred McEwen;Michael Carr

  • Very low strengths of interplanetary meteoroids and small asteroids

    Olga Popova;Jiří Borovička;William K. Hartmann;Pavel Spurný

  • Does crater “saturation equilibrium” occur in the solar system?

    William K. Hartmann

  • Martian Cratering, 4, Mariner 9 initial analysis of cratering chronology

    William K. Hartmann

  • Elysium Planitia lava flows: Crater count chronology and geological implications

    William K. Hartmann;Daniel C. Berman

  • Martian cratering VI: Crater count isochrons and evidence for recent volcanism from Mars Global Surveyor

    William K. Hartmann

  • Recent Fluvial, Volcanic, and Tectonic Activity on the Cerberus Plains of Mars

    Daniel C. Berman;William K. Hartmann

  • Early lunar cratering

    William K. Hartmann

  • Relative crater production rates on planets

    William K. Hartmann

  • Three basaltic earth-approaching asteroids and the source of the basaltic meteorites

    D. P. Cruikshank;D. P. Cruikshank;D. J. Tholen;W. K. Hartmann;J. F. Bell

  • Book Review: Impact and explosion cratering: Planetary and terrestrial implications. Edited by D. J. Roddy, R. O. Pepin, and R. B. Merrill. Pergamon Press, New York, 1978. 1301 pp., $137.50

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Frequent Co-Authors

Dale P. Cruikshank
Dale P. Cruikshank University of Central Florida
Michael H. Carr
Michael H. Carr United States Geological Survey
Stephanie C. Werner
Stephanie C. Werner University of Oslo
Michael C. Malin
Michael C. Malin Malin Space Science Systems (United States)
Andrew P. Ingersoll
Andrew P. Ingersoll California Institute of Technology
Alfred S. McEwen
Alfred S. McEwen University of Arizona
Peter C. Thomas
Peter C. Thomas Cornell University
Steven W. Squyres
Steven W. Squyres Cornell University
Harold Masursky
Harold Masursky United States Geological Survey
Cyrena Anne Goodrich
Cyrena Anne Goodrich Planetary Science Institute

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