A lake in Uzboi Vallis and implications for Late Noachian-Early Hesperian climate on Mars

Icarus

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-122

  Grant, J A ^a   Irwin, R P ^b   Wilson, S A ^a   Buczkowski, D ^c   Siebach, K ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Mars, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952004590     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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