Utopia and Hellas basins, Mars: Twins separated at birth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Searls, Mindi L ^a   Banerdt, W Bruce ^b   Phillips, Roger J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; ELASTICITY; GRAVITY; LITHOSPHERE; MARS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846559021     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002666     Document Type: Article

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