Surficial geologic surveys of Gale Crater and Melas Chasma, Mars: Integration of remote-sensing data

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 228-257

  Pelkey, Shannon M ^a   Jakosky, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface; Surfaces, planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036948684     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6978     Document Type: Article

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