Dilational fault slip and pit chain formation on Mars

GSA Today

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4-12

  Ferrill, David A ^a   Wyrick, Danielle Y ^a   Morris, Alan P ^b   Sims, Darrell W ^a   Franklin, Nathan M ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRATER; FAULT SLIP; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 7444225178     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2004)014<4:DFSAPC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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