Latent outflow activity for western Tharsis, Mars: Significant flood record exposed

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 12301-12314

  Dohm, J M ^a   Anderson, R C ^b   Baker, V R ^a   Ferris, J C ^a   Rudd, L P ^a   Hare, T M ^c   Rice, J W ^a   Casavant, R R ^a   Strom, R G ^a   Zimbelman, J R ^d   Scott, D H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; OUTFLOW;

EID: 0034904074     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000je001352     Document Type: Article

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