Thermal isostasy and deformation of possible paleoshorelines on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1297-1301

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   Fairén, Alberto G ^b   Dohm, James M ^c   Tejero, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipotential surfaces; Heat flow; Mars; Paleoshorelines; Thermal isostasy

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; EARTH (PLANET); HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EQUIPOTENTIAL SURFACES; HEAT FLOW; PALEOSHORELINES; THERMAL ISOSTASY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 10644266981     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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