Interior layered deposits within a perched basin, southern Coprates Chasma, Mars: Evidence for their formation, alteration, and erosion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Fueten, F ^a   Flahaut, J ^b   Le Deit, L ^c   Stesky, R ^d   Hauber, E ^c   Gwinner, K ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d Pangaea Scientific   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; MARS; PLANETARY LANDFORM; PLANETARY SURFACE; WALL ROCK;

EID: 79951819346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003695     Document Type: Article

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