Oblique rifting at Tempe Fossae, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Fernández, Carlos ^a   Anguita, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 36248948474     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002889     Document Type: Article

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