HiRISE images of yardangs and sinuous ridges in the lower member of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 198-210

  Zimbelman, James R ^a   Griffin, Lora J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Geological processes; Mars; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749120318     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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