Age and origin of the lowlands of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Fairén, Alberto G ^a   Dohm, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Magnetic fields; Mars; Surface; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842832728     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.11.025     Document Type: Article

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