Martian subsurface volatile concentrations as a function of time: Clues from layered ejecta craters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Barlow, Nadine G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS;

EJECTA MOBILITY (EM) RATIOS; MARTIAN LAYERED EJECTA; SUBSURFACE VOLATILE CONCENTATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

EJECTA; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

EID: 18244420823     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019075     Document Type: Article

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