Dike intrusions beneath grabens south of Arsia Mons, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Goudy, Cheryl L ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; TOPOLOGY;

DIKE-INDUCED GRABENS; IGNEOUS DIKES; MAGMATIC SOURCE AREA; THARSIS-RADIAL GRABEN ARRAY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DIKE SWARM; GRABEN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MARS;

EID: 20444463509     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021977     Document Type: Article

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