The large Thaumasia graben on Mars: Is it a rift?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Hauber, Ernst ^a   Kronberg, Peter ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRABEN; MARS; RIFTING; TECTONICS;

EID: 24944554770     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002407     Document Type: Article

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