Composition and structures of the subsurface in the vicinity of Valles Marineris as revealed by central uplifts of impact craters

Icarus

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 436-452

  Quantin, Cathy ^a   Flahaut, Jessica ^a   Clenet, Harold ^a   Allemand, Pascal ^a   Thomas, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Mars; Mineralogy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866753072     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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