Density and lithospheric thickness of the Tharsis Province from MEX MaRS and MRO gravity data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Beuthe, M ^a   Le Maistre, S ^a   Rosenblatt, P ^a   Patzold M ^b   Dehant, V ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GRAVITY SURVEY; HEAT FLUX; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANOLOGY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 84859713576     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JE003976     Document Type: Article

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