Magnetic anomalies near Apollinaris Patera and the Medusae Fossae Formation in Lucus Planum, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-131

  Hood, Lon L ^a   Harrison, Keith P ^b   Langlais, Benoit ^c,d   Lillis, Robert J ^e   Poulet, Francois ^d   Williams, David A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Mars; Mars, interior; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953539722     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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