Tyrrhena Patera: Geologic history derived from Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Williams, David A ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a   Werner, Stephanie C ^b,c   Michael, Greg ^b   Crown, David A ^d   Neukum, Gerhard ^b   Raitala, Jouko ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATERING; EMPLACEMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANO;

HESPERIA; PATERA;

EID: 58649114303     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003104     Document Type: Article

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