Effects of lithosphere on the long-wavelength gravity anomalies and their implications for the formation of the Tharsis rise on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geoid; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Martian geophysics; Tharsis rise

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037173904     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001589     Document Type: Article

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