Hydrogeologic Evolution of Gale Crater and Its Relevance to the Exobiological Exploration of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-245

  Cabrol, Nathalie A ^a   Grin, Edmond A ^a   Newsom, Horton E ^b   Landheim, Ragnhild ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Impact processes; Mars; Mars surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002594072     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6099     Document Type: Article

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