Breccia dikes and crater-related faults in impact craters on Mars: Erosion and exposure on the floor of a crater 75 km in diameter at the dichotomy boundary

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1675-1690

  Head, James W ^a   Mustard, John F ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DIKE; FAULT; IMPACT; MARS; PLANET; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 33750598154     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00444.x     Document Type: Review

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