Eos Chasma, Mars: Regional setting for a potential landing site for astrobiology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Kuzmin, Ruslan O ^b   Nelson, David M ^a   Farmer, Jack D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mars astrobiology; Mars Eos Chasma; Mars landing site

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGY; EXPLORATION; MARS; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

EID: 1542349160     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je002014     Document Type: Article

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