Columbus crater and other possible groundwater-fed paleolakes of Terra Sirenum, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wray, J J ^a   Milliken, R E ^b   Dundas, C M ^c   Swayze, G A ^d   Andrews Hanna, J C ^e   Baldridge, A M ^f   Chojnacki, M ^g   Bishop, J L ^h   Ehlmann, B L ⁱ   Murchie, S L ^j   Clark, R N ^d   Seelos, F P ^j   Tornabene, L L ^k   Squyres, S W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARS; MINERALOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYLLOSILICATE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; SULFATE GROUP;

EID: 78651329558     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003694     Document Type: Article

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