Evidence for igneous activity and implications for the origin of a fretted channel in southern Ismenius Lacus, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E13, 1998, Pages 31433-31443

  Carruthers, Margaret W ^a,b   McGill, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0032567283     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02494     Document Type: Article

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