Volcanic processes as alternative mechanisms of landform development at a candidate crater-lake site near Tyrrhena Patera, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Leverington, David W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; INFILL; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; MARS; TERRAIN;

HESPERIA; PATERA;

EID: 35448944129     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002382     Document Type: Article

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