Surface versus internal loading of the Tharsis rise, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Lowry, Anthony R ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Admittance; Geoid; Lithosphere; Loading processes; Mars; Topography

Indexed keywords

GEOID; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0348226384     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002111     Document Type: Article

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