Interfacial liquid water on Mars and its potential role in formation of hill and dune gullies

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Kossacki, Konrad J ^a   Markiewicz, Wojciech J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mars, surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957252372     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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