Elysium Planitia lava flows: Crater count chronology and geological implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 105, Issue E6, 2000, Pages 15011-15025

  Hartmann, William K ^a   Berman, Daniel C ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IMPACT; LAVA FLOW; MARS;

EID: 0033759813     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001189     Document Type: Article

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