Structural analysis of interior layered deposits in Northern Coprates Chasma, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 343-356

  Fueten, F ^a   Racher, H ^a   Stesky, R ^b   MacKinnon, P ^a   Hauber, E ^c   McGuire, P C ^c,e   Zegers, T ^d   Gwinner, K ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Pangaea Scientific   (Canada)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancestral basin; Coprates Chasma; Interior layered deposits; Valles Marineris

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; HYDRATED SULFATES; LAYERED DEPOSITS; LAYERED MATERIAL; LIQUID WATER; POLYGONAL STRUCTURES; SURFACE TEXTURES; VALLES MARINERIS;

BUILDINGS; HYDRATES; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DEPOSITS;

CANYON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; OUTCROP; PLANETARY LANDFORM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 77953287301     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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