Volcanic rifting at Martian grabens

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Mège, Daniel ^a   Cook, Anthony C ^b   Garel, Erwan ^c   Lagabrielle, Yves ^d   Cormier, Marie Hélène ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyke; Graben; Magma chamber; Pit crater; Rifting

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; GRABEN; MARS; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0141726686     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001852     Document Type: Article

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