General geology and geomorphology of the Mars Pathfinder landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8555-8571

  Ward, A W ^a   Gaddis, L R ^a   Kirk, R L ^a   Soderblom, L A ^a   Tanaka, K L ^a   Golombek, M P ^b   Parker, T J ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^c   Kuzmin, R O ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; MARS PATHFINDER;

EID: 0033602608     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE900021     Document Type: Article

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