Lithospheric flexure and the evolution of the dichotomy boundary on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Watters, Thomas R ^a   McGovern, Patrick J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

DICHOTOMY BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; MARS; MARTIAN CRUSTAL DICHOTOMY; TECTONIC STRESS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

PLANETS;

LITHOSPHERE; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 33745479195     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024325     Document Type: Article

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