Concretions in exhumed and inverted channels near Hanksville Utah: Implications for Mars

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 161-175

  Clarke, Jonathan D A ^a,b   Stoker, Carol R ^c  

^a Mars Society Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

concretions; geomorphology; Mars regolith; palaeochannels; relief inversion

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CONCRETION; EXHUMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; JURASSIC; MARS; PALEOCHANNEL; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN;

EID: 79959337201     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550411000048     Document Type: Article

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