Modification of secondary craters on the Martian South Polar Layered Deposits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Schaller, Emily L ^a   Murray, B ^a   Pathare, A V ^a   Rasmussen, J ^b   Byrne, S ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 19944389922     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002334     Document Type: Article

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