Depth of faulting on Mercury: Implications for heat flux and crustal and effective elastic thickness

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Nimmo, F ^a   Watters, T R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELASTICITY; MERCURY (METAL); FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; HEAT FLOW; DEPTH OF FAULTING; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; FAULT SCARP; HEAT PRODUCTION; LOWER MANTLE; RADIOGENIC HEAT; TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILES;

HEAT FLUX;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULT SCARP; FAULTING; HEAT FLUX; MERCURY (PLANET); TOPOGRAPHY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 2442438617     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018847     Document Type: Article

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