Geomorphic knobs of Candor Chasma, Mars: New Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data and comparisons to terrestrial analogs

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-153

  Chan, Marjorie A ^a,h   Ormö, Jens ^b,h   Murchie, Scott ^c,h   Okubo, Chris H ^d,h   Komatsu, Goro ^e,h   Wray, James J ^f,h   McGuire, Patrick ^g,h   McGovern, James A ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^f Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Image processing; Mars; Mineralogy; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549107928     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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