Recent and episodic volcanic and glacial activity on Mars revealed by the High Resolution Stereo Camera

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7020, 2004, Pages 971-979

  Neukum, G ^a   Jaumann, R ^b   Hoffmann, H ^b   Hauber, E ^b   Head, J W ^c   Basilevsky, A T ^a,d   Ivanov, B A ^a,e   Werner, S C ^a   Van Gasselt, S ^a   Murray, J B ^f   McCord, T ^g  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOSPHERE DYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

GLACIAL ACTIVITY; STEREO CAMERAS; TIME-STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS;

VOLCANOES;

GLACIER; MARS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CAMERA; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SPACE FLIGHT; VOLCANO;

DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MARS; METEOROIDS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 19944391283     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03231     Document Type: Article

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