Interior layered deposits of Valles Marineris, Mars: Analogous subice volcanism related to Baikal Rifting, Southern Siberia

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 167-187

  Komatsu, Goro ^a   Ori, Gian Gabriele ^a   Ciarcelluti, Paolo ^b   Litasov, Yury D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hyaloclastite; Ice; Lava; Mars; Valles Marineris; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; DUST; GLACIERS; ICE; PLANETS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

HYALOCLASTITE; INTERIOR LAYERED DEPOSITS (ILD); LAVA; MARS; VALLES MARINERIS;

VOLCANOES;

EID: 0347761372     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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