Scalloped terrains in the Peneus and Amphitrites Paterae region of Mars as observed by HiRISE

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-268

  Lefort, A ^a   Russell, P S ^a   Thomas, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Ices; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549093472     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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