Regionally compartmented groundwater flow on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Harrison, Keith P ^a   Grimm, Robert E ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANYON; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARS; MORPHOGENESIS; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 67650503588     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003300     Document Type: Article

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