A description of surface features in north Tyrrhena Terra, Mars: Evidence for extension and lava flooding

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 524-544

  Caprarelli, Graziella ^a   Pondrelli, Monica ^b   Di Lorenzo, Stefano ^b   Marinangeli, Lucia ^b   Ori, Gian Gabriele ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^c   Neukum, Gerhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448986461     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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