Paucity of candidate coastal constructional landforms along proposed shorelines on Mars: Implications for a northern lowlands-filling ocean

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-196

  Ghatan, Gil J ^a   Zimbelman, James R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749242811     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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