An assessment of evidence for pingos on Mars using HiRISE

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 244-258

  Dundas, Colin M ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549087341     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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