Quantitative morphology of rocks at the Mars Pathfinder landing site

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Yingst, R Aileen ^a   Haldemann, A F C ^b   Biedermann, Kimberly L ^a   Monhead, Aimee M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; LITHOLOGY; MARS; MARS PATHFINDER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANETARY SURFACE; ROCK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 34548303863     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002582     Document Type: Article

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