Icelandic analogs to Martian flood lavas

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Keszthelyi, Laszlo ^a   Thordarson, Thorvaldur ^b   McEwen, Alfred ^c   Haack, Henning ^d   Guilbaud, Marie Noelle ^e   Self, Stephen ^e   Rossi, Matti J ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Printel OY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Iceland; Lava; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744457771     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000758     Document Type: Article

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