Valley network-fed, open-basin lakes on Mars: Distribution and implications for Noachian surface and subsurface hydrology

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-56

  Fassett, Caleb I ^a   Head III, James W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949088889     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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