3D structure of the Gusev Crater region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 411-423

  van Kan Parker, Mirjam ^a   Zegers, Tanja ^b   Kneissl, Thomas ^c   Ivanov, Boris ^d   Foing, Bernard ^e   Neukum, Gerhard ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Columbia Hills; Crater count ages; Gusev Crater; Mars; Stratigraphy; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURE; CENTRAL PEAKS; COLUMBIA; COLUMBIA HILLS; CRATER COUNT AGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOLOGIC DOMAINS; MARS ORBITER CAMERAS; MARS ORBITER LASER ALTIMETERS; STEREO CAMERAS; THERMAL EMISSIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CAMERAS; GALLIUM; STRATIGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRATER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EID: 77953286174     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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