Martian mud volcanism: Terrestrial analogs and implications for formational scenarios

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1866-1878

  Skinner Jr , James A ^a   Mazzini, Adriano ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analogs; Astrobiology; Mars; Mud volcano; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

ANALOGS; DEPOCENTERS; FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; MARS; MUD VOLCANISM; MUD VOLCANO; MUD VOLCANOES; ROLE OF WATER; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEISMIC SHAKING; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE PROCESSES; TECTONIC SHORTENING;

ASTROBIOLOGY; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MARS; MUD VOLCANO; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 70350026474     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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