Complex evolution of paleolacustrine systems on Mars: An example from the Holden crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Pondrelli, Monica ^a   Baliva, A ^a   Di Lorenzo, S ^a   Marinangeli, L ^a   Rossi, A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

HESPERIA;

EID: 21944448070     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002335     Document Type: Article

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