Sublacustrine depositional fans in southwest Melas Chasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Metz, Joannah M ^a   Grotzinger, John P ^a   Mohrig, David ^b   Milliken, Ralph ^c   Prather, Bradford ^d   Pirmez, Carlos ^d   McEwen, Alfred S ^e   Weitz, Catherine M ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; SUBMARINE FAN;

EID: 72149107843     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003365     Document Type: Article

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