Possible evidence of paleomarsquakes from fallen boulder populations, Cerberus Fossae, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Gerald P ^a   Matthews, Brian ^b   Bristow, Chris ^a,c   Guerrieri, Luca ^d   Vetterlein, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hyder Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; BOULDER; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRABEN; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; ROCKFALL; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84857702230     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003816     Document Type: Article

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