The volcanic history of central Elysium Planitia: Implications for martian magmatism

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 418-442

  Vaucher, J ^a   Baratoux, D ^a   Mangold, N ^b   Pinet, P ^a   Kurita, K ^c   Gregoire M ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350621885     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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