Martian layered fluvial deposits: Implications for Noachian climate scenarios

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Moore, Jeffrey M ^a   Howard, Alan D ^b   Dietrich, William E ^c   Schenk, Paul M ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; GEOPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CRATERS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 1642586473     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019002     Document Type: Article

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