Normal fault growth in analog models and on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Wyrick, Danielle Y ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Tectonics; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952898707     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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