Phreato-magmatic dike-cryosphere interactions as the origin of small ridges north of Olympus Mons, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 242-252

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b   Mouginis Mark, Peter J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, surface; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141873035     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00197-0     Document Type: Article

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