Magnitude of global contraction on Mars from analysis of surface faults: Implications for martian thermal history

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 389-400

  Nahm, Amanda L ^a,b,c   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA Lunar Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Surface; Tectonics; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650955639     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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