Sensitivity of elastic thickness to water in the Martian lithosphere

Abstract Ancient Mars likely hosted oceans similar to those on Earth; however, such water is not presently observed on Mars. One possible explanation for the lack of present-day oceans is that surface water was transported into and stored within the interior of Mars throughout the geological history...

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Main Authors: Ikuo Katayama, Yuhki Matsuoka, Shintaro Azuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-019-0298-6