A shallow volatile layer at Chryse Planitia, Mars

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 423-429

  Demura, Hirohide ^a   Kurita, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 0032445331     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352129     Document Type: Article

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