Formation of a terraced fan deposit in Coprates Catena, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 436-451

  Weitz, Catherine M ^a   Irwin III, Rossman P ^b   Chuang, Frank C ^a   Bourke, Mary C ^a   Crown, David A ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748697835     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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