Discovery of columnar jointing on Mars

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Milazzo, Moses P ^a   Keszthelyi, L P ^a   Jaeger, W L ^a   Rosiek, M ^a   Mattson, S ^b   Verba, C ^a   Beyer, R A ^c,d   Geissler, P E ^a   McEwen, A S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNAR BASALTS; CRATER WALL; IMPACT CRATERS; IMPACT EVENTS; SURFACE AREA;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASALT; CRATER; LAVA; MARS; OUTCROP; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 67650633372     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25187A.1     Document Type: Article

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