Bright dunes on mars

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6720, 1999, Pages 592-594

  Thomas, P C ^a   Malin, M C ^b   Carr, M H ^c   Danielson, G E ^d   Davies, M E ^e   Hartmann, W K ^f   Ingersoll, A P ^d   James, P B ^g   McEwen, A S ^h   Soderblom, L A ⁱ   Veverka, J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUNE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CAMERA; DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0033580301     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17557     Document Type: Article

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