Tharsis dome, Mars: New evidence for Noachian-Hesperian thick-skin and Amazonian thin-skin tectonics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E4, 2001, Pages 7577-7589

  Anguita, Francisco ^a   Farelo, Agustín Felipe ^a,b   López, Valle ^a   Mas, Cristina ^a   Muñoz Espadas, María Jesús ^a,c   Márquez, Álvaro ^b   Ruiz, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MARS; TECTONICS;

EID: 0034907898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001246     Document Type: Article

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