Evaluation of carbonate abundance in putative martian paleolake basins

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 426-435

  Orofino, V ^a   Goldspiel, J ^b   Carofalo, I ^a   Blanco, A ^a   Fonti, S ^a   Marzo, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849097811     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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