Cross faults in extensional settings: Stress triggering, displacement localization, and implications for the origin of blunt troughs at Valles Marineris, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Wilkins, Scott J ^a,b   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross faults; Hebes chasma; Release faults; Rift mechanics; Stress triggering; Valles marineris

Indexed keywords

EXTENSION; FAULT SLIP; MARS; RIFTING; STRESS; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 0141787954     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001968     Document Type: Article

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