Stratigraphy and structure of interior layered deposits in west Candor Chasma, Mars, from High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) stereo imagery and derived elevations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Fueten, F ^a   Stesky, R ^b   MacKinnon, P ^a   Hauber, E ^c   Zegers, T ^d   Gwinner, K ^c   Scholten, F ^c   Neukum, G ^e  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Pangaea Scientific   (Canada)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAYERED MEDIUM; LITHOLOGY; MARS; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE;

EID: 57649138471     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003053     Document Type: Article

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