Ages of Valles Marineris (Mars) landslides and implications for canyon history

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 555-572

  Quantin, Cathy ^a   Allemand, P ^a   Mangold, N ^b   Delacourt, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cratering chronology; Landslide; Mars; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144350496     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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