Gravity-inferred crustal attributes of visible and buried impact bains on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Potts, Laramie V ^a   von Frese, Ralph R ^a   Leftwich, Timothy E ^a   Taylor, Patrick T ^b   Shum, C K ^a   Li, Rongxing ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Craters; Crust; Mars

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

EID: 11144254959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JE002225     Document Type: Article

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