Evidence of gully formation by regional groundwater flow in the Gorgonum-Newton region (Mars)

Icarus

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 398-414

  Márquez, Alvaro ^a   de Pablo, Miguel Ángel ^a   Oyarzun, Roberto ^b   Viedma, Cristóbal ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344451787     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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