A review of meteorite evidence for the timing of magmatism and of surface or near-surface liquid water on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Borg, Lars ^a   Drake, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; METEORITE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 29544450123     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002402     Document Type: Review

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