Martian post-impact hydrothermal systems incorporating freezing

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-117

  Barnhart, Charles J ^a   Nimmo, Francis ^a   Travis, Bryan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Impact processes; Mars; Mars, Interior; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953540116     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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