Morphology and geological structure of the western part of the Olympus Mons volcano on Mars from the analysis of the Mars Express HRSC imagery

Solar System Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-101

  Basilevsky, A T ^a   Neukum, G ^b   Ivanov, B A ^c   Werner, S K ^b   Van Gesselt, S ^b   Head, J W ^d   Denk, T ^e   Jaumann, R ^e   Hoffmann, H ^e   Hauber, E ^e   McCord, T ^f  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 18244363092     PISSN: 00380946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11208-005-0025-2     Document Type: Article

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