Thrust faults and the global contraction of Mercury

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Watters, Thomas R ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Bina, Craig R ^b   Spudis, Paul D ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; MERCURY (METAL); PATTERN RECOGNITION; SCRAP METAL; SHRINKAGE; STRESS ANALYSIS;

IMAGED HEMISPHERE; LOBATE SCRAPS; THRUST FAULTS;

THRUST BEARINGS;

CONTRACTION; MERCURY (PLANET); THRUST FAULT;

EID: 2542506319     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019171     Document Type: Article

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