Eruption history of the Elysium Volcanic Province, Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 140-151

  Platz, Thomas ^a   Michael, Gregory ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalt; Caldera; Crater chronology; Eruption frequency; Lava flow; Shield volcano

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALDERA; CRATER CHRONOLOGY; ERUPTION FREQUENCY; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; HEAT PRODUCTION; LAVA FLOWS; MAGMA ASCENTS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; SINGLE LOCATION; SURFACE OF MARS; TIME SPAN; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC MATERIALS; VOLCANIC OUTGASSING; VOLCANIC REGION;

BASALT; GALLIUM;

VOLCANOES;

BASALT; CALDERA; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LAVA FLOW; MARS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHIELD VOLCANO; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC LANDFORM; VOLCANOLOGY;

EID: 80054982491     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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