Topography of closed depressions, scarps, and grabens in the north tharsis region of mars: Implications for shallow crustal discontinuities and graben formation

Icarus

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 403-422

  Davis, Philip A ^a   Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a   Golombek, Matthew P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000325220     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1995.1071     Document Type: Article

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