Drainage evolution in the Margaritifer Sinus region, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Grant, John A ^a   Parker, Timothy J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channels; Mars; Rainfall; Sapping; Valleys; Water

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; MARS; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLANETARY SURFACE; RUNOFF;

EID: 0037174598     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001678     Document Type: Article

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