Evidence for late Hesperian lacustrine activity in Shalbatana Vallis, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Di Achille, Gaetano ^a   Ori, Gian Gabriele ^a,b   Reiss, Dennis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATERING; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FAN DELTA; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARS; SHORELINE; VOLCANISM; WATER LEVEL;

HESPERIA;

EID: 34548683471     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JE002858     Document Type: Article

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