Strike-slip faults on Mars: Observations and implications for global tectonics and geodynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Andrews Hanna, Jeffrey C ^a   Zuber, Maria T ^a   Hauck II, Steven A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; MARS; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

HESPERIA;

EID: 56349121186     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002980     Document Type: Article

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