Surficial properties in Melas Chasma, Mars, from Mars Odyssey THEMIS data

Icarus

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-89

  Pelkey, Shannon M ^a   Jakosky, Bruce M ^a,b   Christensen, Philip R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Planets; Surface; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542426195     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00152-0     Document Type: Article

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