Lithospheric structure in the eastern region of Mars' dichotomy boundary

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 280-288

  Milbury, Colleen A E ^a   Smrekar, Suzanne E ^b   Raymond, Carol A ^b   Schubert, Gerald ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal magnetism; Dichotomy; Gravity; Isostasy; Mars

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GRAVITATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CRUSTAL MAGNETISM; DICHOTOMY; ISOSTATIC GRAVITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846672938     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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