The volcanic history of Mars: High-resolution crater-based studies of the calderas of 20 volcanoes

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1179-1203

  Robbins, Stuart J ^a   Di Achille, Gaetano ^a,b   Hynek, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mars; Mars, Surface; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79151476006     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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