Thrust faults along the dichotomy boundary in the eastern hemisphere of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Watters, Thomas R ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomy boundary; Lithospheric flexure; Lobate scarps; Mars; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; THRUST FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141676015     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001934     Document Type: Article

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