Mars: Thickness of the lithosphere from the tectonic response to volcanic loads

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 61-92

  Comer, Robert P ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^a   Head, James W ^a  

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EID: 0002328509     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RG023i001p00061     Document Type: Review

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