Very recent and wide-spread basaltic volcanism on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Hauber, E ^a   Broz P ^b   Jagert, F ^c   Jodowski, P ^d   Platz, T ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISCOSITY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BASALTIC VOLCANISM; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; IMPACT CRATERING; IMPACT CRATERS; INTERNAL HEAT; LARGE PARTS; LAVA FLOWS; MASS WASTING; MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGIC PROPERTY; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPACECRAFT DATA; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THARSIS; YIELD STRENGTH;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MARS; MASS WASTING; MORPHOMETRY; RHEOLOGY; SPACECRAFT; VISCOSITY; VOLCANISM;

EID: 79956367030     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047310     Document Type: Article

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