Location and sampling of aqueous and hydrothermal deposits in martian impact craters

Astrobiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-88

  Newsom, Horton E ^a   Hagerty, Justin J ^a   Thorsos, Ivan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous environments; Central uplift; Crater lakes; Hydrothermal deposits; Impact craters; Impact melt; Landing sites; Mars

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0035279284     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110701750137459     Document Type: Article

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