Late Hesperian to early Amazonian midlatitude Martian valleys: Evidence from Newton and Gorgonum basins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Howard, Alan D ^a   Moore, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CRATER; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCISED VALLEY; MARS; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OUTFLOW; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; VOLCANISM; WARMING;

HESPERIA;

EID: 79955412625     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003782     Document Type: Article

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