Geologically recent tectonic, volcanic and fluvial activity on the eastern flank of the Olympus Mons volcano, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Basilevsky, A T ^a,b   Werner, S C ^b   Neukum, G ^b   Head, J W ^c   Van Gasselt, S ^b   Gwinner, K ^d   Ivanov, B A ^e  

^a VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

FLUVIAL ACTIVITY; GEOLOGIC ACTIVITIES; LAVA FLOWS;

VOLCANOES;

FLUVIAL PROCESS; MARS; NEOTECTONICS; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

EID: 33845678464     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026396     Document Type: Article

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