A self-replication model for long channelized lava flows on the Mars plains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Baloga, Steve M ^a   Glaze, L S ^a,b  

^a Proxemy Research Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EMPLACEMENT; LAVA FLOW; LEVEE; MARS; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 48749108123     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE002954     Document Type: Article

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