Centers of tectonic activity in the eastern hemisphere of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 537-546

  Anderson, R C ^a   Dohm, J M ^b   Haldemann, A F C ^a,c   Pounders, E ^a   Golombek, M ^a   Castano, A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249129024     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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