Structure and stratigraphy of Home Plate from the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lewis, Kevin W ^a   Aharonson, Oded ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^a   Squyres, Steven W ^b   Bell III, James F ^b   Crumpler, Larry S ^c   Schmidt, Mariek E ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLATEAU; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SATELLITE MISSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 62549144358     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JE003025     Document Type: Article

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