Structure, stratigraphy, and origin of Husband Hill, Columbia Hills, Gusev Crater, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  McCoy, T J ^a   Sims, M ^b   Schmidt, M E ^a   Edwards, L ^b   Tornabene, L L ^c   Crumpler, L S ^d   Cohen, B A ^e   Soderblom, L A ^f   Blaney, D L ^g   Squyres, S W ^h   Arvidson, R E ⁱ   Rica, Jr ^j   Treguier E ^k   d'Uston, C ^k   Grant, J A ^a   McSween, Jr ^l   Golombek, M P ^g   Haldemann, A F C ^m   de Souza, Jr ^n,o  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^m ESTEC HME ME   (Netherlands)

ⁿ Vallourec Research Center   (France)

^o CSIRO   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MASS WASTING; PLANETARY LANDFORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EID: 49849104279     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003041     Document Type: Article

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