Figure 2 Crater count isochron diagram; Upper solid line marks saturation equilibrium. Heavier short solid lines (1 km < D < 16 km) mark divisions of Amazonian, Hesperian, and Noachian eras; lighter nearby solid lines mark subdivisions of eras all based on definitions by Tanaka (1986). Uncertainties on isochron positions are estimated at a factor ~ 2, larger at the smallest D . 100 m (total uncertainties in final model ages, derived from fits at a wide range in D, including uncertainties in counts, are estimated a factor ~ 3).
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