Evidence for an Hesperian-aged South Circum-Polar Lake Margin Environment on Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-272

  Dickson, James ^a   Head, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsa Argentea Formation; Glacial Lake; Kettle Hole; Mars; Polar processes

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; ICE; LAKES; MORPHOLOGY; PLANETS; SEDIMENTS;

GLACIAL LAKE; MARS; POLAR PROCESSES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 32444450005     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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