Evidence for pervasive mud volcanism in Acidalia Planitia, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 636-657

  Oehler, Dorothy Z ^a   Allen, Carlton C ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954661468     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.031     Document Type: Article

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