A non-extensive statistics of the fault-population at the Valles Marineris extensional province, Mars

Tectonophysics

Volumn 509, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Vallianatos, Filippos ^a,b   Sammonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Faults; Mars; Non extensive statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FAULT LENGTH; FAULT LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; FAULT SYSTEM; FAULTS; MARS; NON-INTERACTING FAULTS; NONEXTENSIVE STATISTICAL MECHANICS; NONEXTENSIVE STATISTICS; Q-PARAMETER; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; TSALLIS ENTROPIES; VALLES MARINERIS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENTROPY; PHYSICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PROPAGATION; MARS; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 79961023863     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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