Mars: The evolutionary history of the northern lowlands based on crater counting and geologic mapping

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1143-1165

  Werner, S C ^a   Tanaka, K L ^b   Skinner Jr , J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crater statistics; Geologic evolution; Lowlands; Mars; Paleao ocean

Indexed keywords

CRATER STATISTICS; GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION; LOWLANDS; MARS; PALEAO-OCEAN;

DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; SURFACES; VOLCANOES;

GALLIUM;

EID: 80051537702     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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