Arabia Terra, Mars: Tectonic and palaeoclimatic evolution of a remarkable sector of Martian lithosphere

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-72

  Anguita, Francisco ^a   Anguita, Jorge ^a   Castilla, Gabriel ^a   De La Casa, Miguel Angel ^a   Domínguez, José María ^a   Herrera, Raquel ^a   Llanes, Pilar ^a   López, Mónica ^a   Martínez, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mars; Palaeoclimate; Plate tectonics; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MARS; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031544646     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006143106970     Document Type: Article

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