A Late Amazonian alteration layer related to local volcanism on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-276

  Mangold, N ^a   Roach, L ^b   Milliken, R ^c   Le Mouelic S ^a   Ansan, V ^a   Bibring, J P ^d   Masson, Ph ^e   Mustard, J F ^b   Murchie, S ^f   Neukum, G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950299648     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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