Martian sedimentary rock stratigraphy: Outcrops and interbedded craters of northwest Sinus Meridiani and southwest Arabia Terra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2002, Pages

  Edgett, Kenneth S ^a   Malin, Michael C ^a  

^a MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGIC HISTORY; IMPACT CRATERS; LAYERED MATERIAL; ROCK STRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 0038066514     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016515     Document Type: Article

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