Deformation rates from faulting at the Tempe Terra extensional province, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Wilkins, Scott J ^a,e   Schultz, Richard A ^a   Anderson, Robert C ^b   Dohm, James M ^c   Dawers, Nancye H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e Shell EP Technology and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ORBITS; STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION RATES; LOCALISED; LOW RATES; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETERS; NOACHIAN; NORMAL FAULTS; RATE OF DEFORMATION; STRAIN-RATES; THARSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA;

DEFORMATION;

HESPERIA;

EID: 0242418228     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015391     Document Type: Article

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