The effect of the internal structure of Mars on its seasonal loading deformations

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 476-486

  Métivier, Laurent ^a   Karatekin, Özgur ^b   Dehant, Véronique ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; dynamics; interior; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849133929     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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