Geomorphological evidence of water level changes in Nepenthes Mensae, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 667-671

  de Pablo, Miguel Ángel ^a,b   Pacifici, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

climate; Geological processes; Mars; surface; Tectonics; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149083133     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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