Evidence of honeycomb weathering on Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3249-3252

  Rodriguez Navarro, Carlos ^a  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROST SHATTERING; HONEYCOMB WEATHERING;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; WEATHERING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FROST HEAVE; MARS; SALT WATER; WEATHERING;

EID: 0032172974     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02569     Document Type: Article

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