Rift zone volcanism and associated cinder cone field in Utopia Planitia, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Lanz, Julia K ^a   Wagner, Roland ^b   Wolf, Ursula ^c   Kröchert, Jörg ^d   Neukum, Gerhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINDER CONE; FISSURE; LAVA FLOW; MARS; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANISM;

HESPERIA; PHYMATA;

EID: 79251574664     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003578     Document Type: Article

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