The case for rainfall on a warm, wet early Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 21-1-21-36

  Craddock, Robert A ^a   Howard, Alan D ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Erosion; Fluvial; Hydrology; Mars; Martian

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; MARS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANETARY SURFACE; RAINFALL; REGOLITH;

EID: 0037176036     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JE001505     Document Type: Article

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