Viscous relaxation on early Mars: A study of ancient impact basins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Mohit, P Surdas ^a,b,c   Phillips, Roger J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; THERMAL EVOLUTION; VISCOUS RELAXATION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 38549147596     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031252     Document Type: Article

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