Stratigraphical evidence of late Amazonian periglaciation and glaciation in the Astapus Colles region of Mars

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-21

  Soare, Richard J ^a,b,c   Osinski, Gordon R ^c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate; Ices; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349139669     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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