Exploratory experiments of impact craters formed in viscous-liquid targets: Analogs for Martian rampart craters?

Abstract

Exploratory experimental impact studies have been performed using “soupy” mud as a target material. Although differing in details, the results appear to support the hypothesis that ejecta deposits around a class of Martian craters recently revealed in high-resolution Viking Orbiter images were emplaced as a flow of fluidized materials.