Evidence for a differentiated crust in Solis Planum, Mars, from lithospheric strength and heat flow

Icarus

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 308-313

  Ruiz, Javier ^a   Tejero, Rosa ^a   McGovern, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Mars; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744446274     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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