Constraints on the maximum crustal density from gravity-topography modeling: Applications to the southern highlands of Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 253-261

  Pauer, Martin ^a,b   Breuer, Doris ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

crust; density; dichotomy; gravitational inversion; Mars

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DENSITY; DICHOTOMY; GRAVITATIONAL INVERSION; MARS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DENSITY; MARS; MODELING; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 56449111039     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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