Chasma Boreale, Mars: A sapping and outflow channel with a Tectono-thermal origin

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 528-538

  Benito, G ^a   Mediavilla, F ^b   Fernandez M ^b   Marquez A ^b   Martinez J ^c   Anguita, F ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Geol Apl y Medio Ambiente SL   (Spain)

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EID: 0031256353     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5771     Document Type: Article

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