Sedimentary resurfacing and fretted terrain development along the crustal dichotomy boundary, Aeolis Mensae, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Irwin III, Rossman P ^a,b   Watters, Thomas R ^a   Howard, Alan D ^b   Zimbelman, James R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolis Mensae; Fretted terrain; Sedimentary deposits

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN FEATURE; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 11144248553     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002248     Document Type: Article

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