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Smrekar et al. 1986
Smrekar, S., Cintala, M.J. and Hörz, F. (1986). Small-scale impacts into rock: an evaluation of the effects of target temperature on experimental results. Geophysical Research Letters 13: doi: 10.1029/GL013i008p00745. issn: 0094-8276.

A series of cratering and catastrophic fragmentation experiments has been performed, involving the impact of aluminum and stainless-steel spheres into warm (~298 K) and cold (~100 K) granodiorite targets. Although some vague hints of a thermal effect might be found in some of the results, in no case was there a substantial difference between the warm and cold series. Since these experiments were well within the strength-dominated regime of impact phenomena, variations due to low target temperatures in more energetic events will probably be negligible. Thus, there appear to be no significant temperature-dependent mechanical effects during impact into solid rock over a wide range of temperatures prevalent in the solar system.

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