Interior trough deposits on Mars: Subice volcanoes?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E5, 2001, Pages 10087-10100

  Chapman, Mary G ^a   Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOLCANO;

EID: 0034962303     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001303     Document Type: Article

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