Scarp-bounded benches in Gorgonum Chaos, Mars: Formed beneath an ice-covered lake?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Howard, Alan D ^a   Moore, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; ICE; LAKES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CURRENT TRANSPORT; EMBAYMENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL FEATURE; MARS;

EID: 2442510037     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018925     Document Type: Article

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