Density and lithospheric structure at Tyrrhena Patera, Mars, from gravity and topography data

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-52

  Grott, M ^a   Wieczorek, M A ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geophysics; Interiors; Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864795287     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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