Late alluvial fan formation in southern Margaritifer Terra, Mars

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Grant, John A ^a   Wilson, Sharon A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOORS; LANDFORMS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

ALLUVIAL FANS; IMPACT CRATERS; LANDING SITE; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CRATER; MARS; PLANETARY SURFACE;

HESPERIA;

EID: 79955367203     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046844     Document Type: Article

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