Channels and valleys on Mars: Cold climate features formed as a result of a thickening cryosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1411-1417

  Carr, Michael H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0001432296     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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