Formation of Olympus Mons and the aureole-escarpment problem on Mars

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-234

  Helgason, Johann ^a  

^a Ekra Geological Consulting   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; VOLCANOES;

ICE COVER; ICE DEPOSIT; OLYMPUS; THARSIS; VIKING ORBITERS; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WIND-BLOWN DUST; WING AREA;

ICE;

GLACIATION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84874976560     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0231:FOOMAT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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