Mantled and exhumed terrains in Terra Meridiani, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Seelos IV, F P ^a   Deal, K S ^a   Koeppen, W C ^a   Snider, N O ^a   Kieniewicz, J M ^a   Hynek, B M ^a   Mellon, M T ^b   Garvin, J B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars Exploration Rover Mission; Terra Meridiani

Indexed keywords

EROSION; EXHUMATION; HEMATITE; MANTLE; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; WEATHERING;

EID: 0347213558     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001982     Document Type: Article

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