Is the Martian crust also the Martian elastic lithosphere?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Turcotte, Donald L ^a   Shcherbakov, Robert ^a   Malamud, Bruce D ^b   Kucinskas, Algis B ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Areoid; Compensation; Crust; Gravity; Lithosphere; Mars

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; LITHOSPHERE; MARS;

EID: 0037176059     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001594     Document Type: Article

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