Inversion of relief on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 478-491

  Pain, C F ^a   Clarke, J D A ^b   Thomas, M ^b  

^a NSW 2109/Australia ^*  (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mars; Regolith; Relief inversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548663328     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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