Strength and deformability of light-toned layered deposits observed by MER opportunity: Eagle to Erebus craters, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Okubo, Chris H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULI; FORMABILITY; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

MICROSCOPIC IMAGER; POROSITY MEASUREMENTS; SUBSURFACE FLUID RESERVOIR;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRATER; DEFORMATION; HOST ROCK; MARS; POROSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 37349018993     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031327     Document Type: Article

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