Surface Ages and Resurfacing Rates of the Polar Layered Deposits on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-253

  Herkenhoff, Ken E ^a   Plaut, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Mars, climate; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000013409     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6287     Document Type: Article

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