Recent aqueous environments in martian impact craters: An astrological perspective

Icarus

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-112

  Cabrol, Nathalie A ^a,b   Wynn Williams, David D ^a,b   Crawford, David A ^a,c   Grin, Edmond A ^a,d  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Exobiology; Mars; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035722245     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6661     Document Type: Article

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