Evidence for a massive phreatomagmatic eruption in the initial stages of formation of the Mangala Valles outflow channel, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Wilson, Lionel ^a   Head III, James W ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; GROUNDWATER; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MIXING; ROCKS;

MAGMAS; PHREATOMAGMATIC ERUPTIONS; RIDGES;

GEOPHYSICS;

MARS; OUTFLOW; PHREATOMAGMATISM; PLANETARY LANDFORM;

EID: 7044237504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020322     Document Type: Article

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