Numerical modeling of ejecta dispersal from transient volcanic explosions on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 284-295

  Fagents, Sarah A ^a,c   Wilson, Lionel ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030268283     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0158     Document Type: Article

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