Dust and Ice Deposition in the Martian Geologic Record

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 254-266

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ices; Mars; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001336110     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6297     Document Type: Article

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