Physical models of grooved terrain tectonics on Ganymede

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3774-3778

  Sims, Darrell W ^a   Wyrick, Danielle Y ^a   Ferrill, David A ^a   Morris, Alan P ^a   Collins, Geoffrey C ^b   Pappalardo, Robert T ^c   Colton, Shannon L ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NuStar Energy LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganymede; tectonics

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MODELS; TECTONICS;

DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; GANYMEDE; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; NORMAL FAULTING; PHYSICAL ANALOG; PHYSICAL MODEL; SUBPARALLEL RIDGES; TECTONIC RESURFACING;

FAULTING;

FAULTING; GANYMEDE; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERE; TECTONICS; TERRAIN;

EID: 84902069067     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060359     Document Type: Article

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