Formation and evolution of the chaotic terrains by subsidence and magmatism: Hydraotes Chaos, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 487-500

  Meresse, Sandrine ^a   Costard, François ^a   Mangold, Nicolas ^a   Masson, Philippe ^a   Neukum, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849136222     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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