Control of impact crater fracture systems on subsurface hydrology, ground subsidence, and collapse, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Rodríguez, Jose Alexis Palmero ^a   Sasaki, Sho ^a   Dohm, James M ^b   Tanaka, Ken L ^c   Strom, Bob ^b   Kargel, Jeff ^c   Kuzmin, Ruslan ^d   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^b   Spray, John G ^e   Fairén, Alberto G ^f   Komatsu, Goro ^g   Kurita, Kei ^a   Baker, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g International Research School of Planetary Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

EID: 24744463311     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002365     Document Type: Article

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