Dike indicators in the Hadriaca Patera-Promethei Terra region, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 466-478

  Korteniemi, Jarmo ^a,b   Raitala, Jouko ^a   Aittola, Marko ^a   Ivanov, Mikhail A ^c   Kostama, Veli Petri ^a   Öhman, Teemu ^a   Hiesinger, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dike; Hadriaca Patera; Hellas; Intrusion; Outflow channel

Indexed keywords

BASIN RIM; DIKE SWARMS; DIKE SYSTEM; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FRACTURE PATTERN; HESPERIA; LARGE PARTS; LAVA FLOWS; LINEAR RIDGES; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; NIGER; OUTFLOW CHANNEL; RIM REGION; VOLCANIC CENTERS; VOLCANIC EVENT; VOLCANIC STRUCTURES; VOLCANO FLANKS;

FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

LEVEES;

DIKE; EROSION; HEATING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMATISM; MARS; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VOLCANO;

HESPERIA; PATERA;

EID: 77949549558     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.038     Document Type: Article

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