Layered ejecta craters and the early water/ice aquifer on Mars

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-54

  Oberbeck, Verne R ^a  

^a NASA Retired   (United States)

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EID: 64549105728     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00716.x     Document Type: Article

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