Erosion by flowing Martian lava: New insights for Hecates Tholus from Mars express and MER data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Williams, David A ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a   Hauber, Ernst ^b   Gwinner, Klaus ^b   Neukum, Gerhard ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; LAVA FLOW; MARS;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 21844465132     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002377     Document Type: Article

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