Pervasive aqueous paleoflow features in the Aeolis/Zephyria Plana region, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-76

  Burr, Devon M ^a,b   Enga, Marie Therese ^c   Williams, Rebecca M E ^d   Zimbelman, James R ^e   Howard, Alan D ^f   Brennand, Tracy A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate; Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749120546     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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