Evidence for ancient lakes in the Hellas region

Lakes on Mars

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 195-222

  Wilson, Sharon A ^a   Moore, Jeffrey M ^b   Howard, Alan D ^c   Wilhelms, Don E ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52854-4.00007-6     Document Type: Chapter

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