Tempe Fossae, Mars: A planetary analogon to a terrestrial continental rift?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E9, 2001, Pages 20587-20602

  Hauber, Ernst ^a   Kronberg, Peter ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; GRABEN; MARS; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034756039     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001346     Document Type: Article

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