Evidence for debris flow gully formation initiated by shallow subsurface water on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Lanza, N L ^a   Meyer, G A ^a   Okubo, C H ^b   Newsom, H E ^a   Wiens, R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549108226     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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