Evidence for remnants of ancient ice-rich deposits: Mangala Valles outflow channel, Mars

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 503-509

  Levy, Joseph S ^a   Head, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EMPLACEMENT; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33745261600     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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