Three decades of slope streak activity on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-140

  Schorghofer, N ^a   Aharonson, O ^b   Gerstell, M F ^b   Tatsumi, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248887980     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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