Formation of Mangala Fossa, the source of the Mangala Valles, Mars: Morphological development as a result of volcano-cryosphere interactions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Leask, Harald J ^a   Wilson, Lionel ^a   Mitchell, Karl L ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; EROSION; GRABEN; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RIFT ZONE; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 34547908116     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002644     Document Type: Article

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