Seismotectonics of the Amenthes Rupes thrust fault population, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETS; STRAIN; TECTONICS; FAULTING;

MARTIAN FAULTS; DISPLACEMENT RATE; FAULT LENGTH; FAULT POPULATION; FRICTIONAL STABILITY; NOACHIAN; SEISMOTECTONICS; THRUST FAULTS;

SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

FAULT; MARS; SEISMOTECTONICS;

EID: 0042641645     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016475     Document Type: Article

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