Magmatic intrusions and a hydrothermal origin for fluvial valleys on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E8, 1998, Pages 19365-19387

  Gulick, Virginia C ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMATISM; MARS; VALLEY;

EID: 0032566376     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01321     Document Type: Article

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