Ancient groundwater flow in the Valles Marineris on Mars inferred from fault trace ridges

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-183

  Treiman, Allan H ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 56349155965     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo131     Document Type: Article

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