Constraining the crustal thickness on Mercury from viscous topographic relaxation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 7-1-7-4

  Nimmo, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETS; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MERCURY (PLANET); RHEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036522068     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl013883     Document Type: Article

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