Lithospheric flexure and the origin of the dichotomy boundary on Mars

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-274

  Watters, Thomas R ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomy boundary; Elastic thickness; Flexure; Mars; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DICHOTOMY BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE;

ELASTICITY; EROSION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; LITHOGRAPHY; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FLEXURE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; TECTONICS;

EID: 0037344852     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0271:LFATOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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