Fluid lava flows in Gusev crater, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Greeley, Ronald ^a   Foing, Bernard H ^b   McSween, Harry Y ^c   Neukum, Gerhard ^d   Pinet, Patrick ^e   van Kan, Mirjam ^b   Werner, Stephanie C ^d   Williams, David A ^a   Zegers, Tanja E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MARS;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 21844456909     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002401     Document Type: Article

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