Marine-target craters on Mars? An assessment study

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-346

  Ormö, Jens ^a   Dohm, James M ^b   Ferris, Justin C ^c   Lepinette, Alain ^a   Fairén, Alberto G ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MARS; WATER;

EID: 2142811126     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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