Alba Patera, Mars: Topography, structure, and evolution of a unique late Hesperian-early Amazonian shield volcano

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Ivanov, Mikhail A ^a,b   Head, James W ^b  

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

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; GRABEN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; MARS; SHIELD VOLCANO; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

HESPERIA; PATERA;

EID: 34247184313     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002469     Document Type: Article

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