Hydrological modeling of the Martian crust with application to the pressurization of aquifers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Hanna, Jeffrey C ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARS; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 16444377397     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002330     Document Type: Article

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