Numerical assessment of the effects of topography and crustal thickness on martian seismograms using a coupled modal solution-spectral element method

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-89

  Larmat, C ^a   Montagner, J P ^a   Capdeville, Y ^a   Banerdt, W B ^b   Lognonne P ^a   Vilotte, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Geophysics; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149118582     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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