Episodic flood inundations of the northern plains of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-67

  Fairén, Alberto G ^a,b   Dohm, James M ^c   Baker, Victor R ^c   de Pablo, Miguel A ^b,d   Ruiz, Javier ^b   Ferris, Justin C ^e   Anderson, Robert C ^f  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lakes; Mars; Oceans; Tharsis floods

Indexed keywords

EID: 1342305670     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00144-1     Document Type: Article

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