Magnetic lineations in the ancient crust of Mars

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5415, 1999, Pages 794-798

  Connerney, J E P ^a   Acuna M H ^a   Wasilewski, P J ^a   Ness, N F ^b   Reme H ^c   Mazelle, C ^c   Vignes, D ^c   Lin, R P ^d   Mitchell, D L ^d   Cloutier, P A ^e  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST; LINEATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MARS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033617530     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5415.794     Document Type: Article

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