The construction of Chasma Boreale on Mars

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7297, 2010, Pages 446-449

  Holt, J W ^a   Fishbaugh, K E ^b   Byrne, S ^c   Christian, S ^a,d   Tanaka, K ^e   Russell, P S ^f   Herkenhoff, K E ^e   Safaeinili, A ^g   Putzig, N E ^h   Phillips, R J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

BASAL MELTING; CANYON; DEPOSITION; EROSION; ICE; MARS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANETARY SURFACE; POLAR REGION; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATIGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952988967     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09050     Document Type: Article

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