The geology of the Viking Lander 2 site revisited

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 505-523

  Thomson, Bradley J ^a   Schultz, Peter H ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448975517     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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