Strength of Martian lithosphere beneath large volcanoes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E11, 2000, Pages 26713-26732

  Arkani Hamed, Jafar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MARS; STRENGTH; VOLCANO;

EID: 0034487458     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001267     Document Type: Article

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