The MOLA topographic signature at the crustal dichotomy boundary zone on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4409-4412

  Frey, Herbert ^a   Sakimoto, Susan E ^a,b   Roark, James ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL DICHOTOMY BOUNDARY ZONE; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETER (MOLA); BOUNDARY ZONES; DICHOTOMY BOUNDARY; FLAT SURFACES; LOWLAND PLAINS; STEP FUNCTIONS; TERRAIN CHANGES; TRANSITION ZONES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; LANDFORMS;

CRUST; MARS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0032535756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900095     Document Type: Article

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