Groundwater processes in Hebes Chasma, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Grindrod, Peter M ^a   Balme, Matthew R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DRYING; EVAPORATION; HYDRATES; LANDFORMS; LEAD DEPOSITS; METALLIC GLASS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EXCESS PORE PRESSURE; GROUND WATER INFLOW; GROUNDWATER PROCESS;

GROUNDWATER;

COLLAPSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MARS; PORE PRESSURE;

EID: 77954684401     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044122     Document Type: Article

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