Was the Mangala Valles system incised by volcanic flows?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Leverington, David W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; LAVA FLOW; MARS; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HESPERIA;

EID: 38149026332     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002896     Document Type: Article

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