Debris-flow origin for the Simud/Tiu deposit on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8637-8652

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; MARS; MARS PATHFINDER; PROVENANCE;

EID: 0033602620     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02552     Document Type: Article

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