Tectonic pressurization of aquifers in the formation of Mangala and Athabasca Valles, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hanna, Jeffrey C ^a   Phillips, Roger J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CHANNEL FLOW; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARS; OUTFLOW; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 33646387725     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002546     Document Type: Article

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