Evidence for episodic alluvial fan formation in far western Terra Tyrrhena, Mars

Icarus

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 222-237

  Williams, Rebecca M E ^a   Deanne Rogers, A ^b   Chojnacki, Matthew ^c   Boyce, Joseph ^d   Seelos, Kimberly D ^e   Hardgrove, Craig ^c   Chuang, Frank ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars, Surface; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650951849     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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