Evidence for ponding and catastrophic floods in central Valles Marineris, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-364

  Harrison, Keith P ^a   Chapman, Mary G ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949110199     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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