Groundwater-controlled valley networks and the decline of surface runoff on early Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Harrison, Keith P ^a   Grimm, Robert E ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MARS; RUNOFF; VALLEY;

HESPERIA;

EID: 31844436896     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002455     Document Type: Article

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