Mars' "White Rock" feature lacks evidence of an aqueous origin: Results from Mars Global Surveyor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E10, 2001, Pages 23921-23927

  Ruff, Steven W ^a   Christensen, Philip R ^a   Clark, Roger N ^b   Kieffer, Hugh H ^b   Malin, Michael C ^c   Bandfield, Joshua L ^a   Jakosky, Bruce M ^d   Lane, Melissa D ^e   Mellon, Michael T ^d   Presley, Marsha A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SURVEYOR MISSION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; WATER;

EID: 0035202725     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JE001329     Document Type: Article

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