Hydrological characteristics of recurrent slope lineae on Mars: Evidence for liquid flow through regolith and comparisons with Antarctic terrestrial analogs

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Levy, Joseph ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Mars; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857985203     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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