Lithospheric structure and tectonics at Isidis Planitia, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-539

  Ritzer, J Andreas ^a   Hauck II, Steven A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Mars; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349186947     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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