Admittance estimates of mean crustal thickness and density at the Martian hemispheric dichotomy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Nimmo, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compensation; Flexure; Gravity; Loading; Mars Global Surveyor

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FLEXURE; GRAVITY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037176030     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001488     Document Type: Article

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