Sub-kilometer fans in Mojave Crater, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-383

  Williams, Rebecca M E ^a   Malin, Michael C ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949132283     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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