Topography, roughness, layering, and slope properties of the Medusae Fossae Formation from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E10, 1999, Pages 24141-24154

  Sakimoto, Susan E H ^a   Frey, Herbert V ^b   Garvin, James B ^b   Roark, James H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0033604185     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001044     Document Type: Article

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