Millochau crater, Mars: Infilling and erosion of an ancient highland impact crater

Icarus

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-359

  Mest, Scott C ^a   Crown, David A ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater morphology; Geological processes; Mars; Mars, surface; Surfaces, planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144380318     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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