Geology and insolation-driven climatic history of Amazonian north polar materials on Mars

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7061, 2005, Pages 991-994

  Tanaka, Kenneth L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLCANOES;

GEOLOGIC MATERIAL; INSOLATION CONDITIONS; REDEPOSITION; THERMAL EMISSION IMAGING SYSTEM;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

CLIMATE FORCING; GEOLOGY; MARS; POLAR REGION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EROSION; GEOLOGY; HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

EID: 27144483403     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04065     Document Type: Article

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