Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observations of light-toned layered deposits and associated fluvial landforms on the plateaus adjacent to Valles Marineris

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-102

  Weitz, C M ^a   Milliken, R E ^b   Grant, J A ^c   McEwen, A S ^d   Williams, R M E ^a   Bishop, J L ^e   Thomson, B J ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Mars, surface; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549112438     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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