Relative age of interior layered deposits in southwest Candor Chasma based on high-resolution structural mapping

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Okubo, Chris H ^a,b   Lewis, Kevin W ^c   McEwen, Alfred S ^a   Kirk, Randolph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; DEPOSITION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARS; NORMAL FAULT; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WALL ROCK;

EID: 62549085557     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003181     Document Type: Article

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