A swarm of small shield volcanoes on Syria planum, mars

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 113, Issue E9, 2008, Pages

  Baptista, Ana Rita ^a,b   Mangold, Nicolas ^b   Ansan, Véronique ^b   Baratoux, David ^c   Lognonné, Philippe ^a   Alves, Eduardo I ^d   Williams, David A ^e   Bleacher, Jacob E ^f   Masson, Philippe ^b   Neukum, Gerhard ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; LAVA FLOW; MARS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HESPERIA;

EID: 56549103726     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002945     Document Type: Article

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