Kilometer-scale slopes on Mars and their correlation with geologic units: Initial results from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E9, 1999, Pages 21911-21924

  Kreslavsky, M A ^a,b   Head III, J W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0033603913     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001051     Document Type: Article

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