Complex depositional systems in Hydraotes Chaos, Mars: An example of sedimentary process interactions in the Martian hydrological cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E10, 1998, Pages 22713-22723

  Ori, Gian Gabriele ^a,b,c  

^a Univcrsita' d'Annunzio   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MARS; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 0032566871     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01969     Document Type: Article

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