The Circum-Hellas Volcanic Province, Mars: Assessment of wrinkle-ridged plains

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 492-505

  Williams, David A ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a   Manfredi, Leon ^a   Raitala, Jouko ^b   Neukum, Gerhard ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hellas basin; Impact crater statistics; Mars Express HRSC; Mars volcanism

Indexed keywords

HELLAS BASIN; HESPERIA; IMPACT CRATERS; MARS-EXPRESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL STUDIES; TECTONIC DEFORMATIONS; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; TRUE COLORS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC ORIGIN;

COLOR; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GALLIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

VOLCANOES;

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATER; CRATERING; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

HESPERIA;

EID: 77953290378     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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