Reconstruction of eolian bed forms and paleocurrents from cross-bedded strata at Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hayes, A G ^a   Grotzinger, J P ^a   Edgar, L A ^a   Squyres, S W ^b   Watters, W A ^b   Sohl Dickstein, J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b 428 Space Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; JURASSIC; MARS; OUTCROP; PALEOCURRENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 79955074270     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003688     Document Type: Article

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