The northwestern slope valleys (NSVs) region, Mars: A prime candidate site for the future exploration of Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 189-198

  Dohm, James M ^a   Ferris, Justin C ^b   Barlow, Nadine G ^c   Baker, Victor R ^a   Mahaney, William C ^d   Anderson, Robert C ^e   Hare, Trent M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Exploration; Geology; Hydrology; Life; Mars

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROLOGY; ICE; MAGNETIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; ROCKS; SPACE RESEARCH; STRATIGRAPHY; WIND;

MARS EXPLORATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345869888     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.08.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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