Salt tectonics and collapse of Hebes Chasma, Valles Marineris, Mars

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 691-694

  Adams, J B ^a   Gillespie, A R ^a   Jackson, M P A ^b   Montgomery, D R ^a   Dooley, T P ^b   Combe, J P ^c   Schreiber, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Bear Fight Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT FLOW; DEEP PIT; HYDRATED SULFATES; LOCAL HEATING; PHYSICAL MODELING; REGIONAL AQUIFERS; SALT TECTONICS; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; VALLES MARINERIS; VISCOUS DEFORMATION;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRATES; MODELS; SALTS; TECTONICS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ALLOCHTHON; AQUIFER; BASALT; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; DIAPIR; DISSOLUTION; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SALT TECTONICS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEPHRA;

EID: 69649083961     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30024A.1     Document Type: Article

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