Formation of double-ring circular grabens due to volumetric compaction over buried impact craters: Implications for thickness and nature of cover material in Utopia Planitia, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Buczkowski, Debra L ^a   Cooke, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular grabens; Giant polygons; Mars; Martian northern lowlands; Numerical modeling; Utopia Basin

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; GRABEN; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; RING COMPLEX;

EID: 2342518148     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002144     Document Type: Article

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