Outcrop-scale physical properties of Burns Formation at Meridiani Planum, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Nahm, Amanda L ^a   Schultz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

OUTCROP-SCALE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; ROCK MASS RATING ( RMR) ANALYSIS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION; MARS; OUTCROP; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 37349128512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031005     Document Type: Article

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