Precession-driven migration of water in the surficial layers of Mars

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-170

  Tokano, Tetsuya ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars; water

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342490778     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550403001629     Document Type: Article

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