Multiple-process origin of Valles Marineris basins and troughs, Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 827-829

  Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0000416296     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(98)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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