Valley formation on martian volcanoes in the Hesperian: Evidence for melting of summit snowpack, caldera lake formation, drainage and erosion on Ceraunius Tholus

Icarus

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-135

  Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249747748     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.021     Document Type: Article

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