Spectrally distinct ejecta in Syrtis Major, Mars: Evidence for environmental change at the Hesperian-Amazonian boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Skok, John R ^a   Mustard, John F ^a   Murchie, Scott L ^b   Wyatt, Michael B ^a   Ehlmann, Bethany L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; EJECTA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MARS; VOLCANIC GAS; VOLCANO; WATER VAPOR;

HESPERIA; PHYMATA;

EID: 77749314520     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003338     Document Type: Article

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