Role of aquicludes in formation of Martian gullies

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1107-1110

  Gilmore, Martha S ^a   Phillips, Eleyne L ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquicludes; Climate; Groundwater; Gullies; Mars

Indexed keywords

GULLIES;

EROSION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SPACECRAFT; WATER;

GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE; GROUNDWATER; GULLY; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 0036966459     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1107:ROAIFO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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