Stress models for Tharsis formation, Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1471-1497

  Mège, Daniel ^a   Masson, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00112-2     Document Type: Article

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