Inverted channel deposits on the floor of Miyamoto crater, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Newsom, Horton E ^a   Lanza, Nina L ^a   Ollila, Ann M ^a   Wiseman, Sandra M ^b   Roush, Ted L ^c   Marzo, Giuseppe A ^c   Tornabene, Livio L ^d   Okubo, Chris H ^e   Osterloo, Mikki M ^f   Hamilton, Victoria E ^g   Crumpler, Larry S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Geologic processes; Mars; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549083937     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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