The dispersal of pyroclasts from Apollinaris Patera, Mars: Implications for the origin of the Medusae Fossae Formation

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-220

  Kerber, Laura ^a   Head, James W ^a   Madeleine, Jean Baptiste ^b   Forget, François ^b   Wilson, Lionel ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geological processes; Mars; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053436531     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.07.035     Document Type: Article

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