A cold and wet Mars

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Fairén, Alberto G ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Geological processes; Mars, Climate; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953537211     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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