Late Heavy Bombardment model describes planetary resurfacing as a result of impact collisions.
A team of researchers has recently proposed a theory describing Earth’s early years. According to their Late Heavy Bombardment model, a barrage of asteroids and comets reshaped the surface of the planet, and dramatically altered its topography.
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